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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark Edward Nichols, Saline, MI (US);
Tony Misovski, Oxford, MI (US);
Scott Adams, Milan, MI (US);
Aaron Fiala, Newport, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 12/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B05D 7/00 (2006.01); B05B 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B05B 12/084 (2013.01); B05B 13/0452 (2013.01); B05D 7/53 (2013.01); B05D 7/57 (2013.01); Y10S 901/43 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprising scanning a first painted surface of a first vehicle having two or more paint layers with a robotic terahertz radiation instrument to obtain a first painted surface thickness data and map for each of the two or more paint layers, comparing the first thickness map to a control map, and adjusting one or more paint application parameters based on a comparison of the first thickness map with the control map for painting a second surface of a second vehicle different than the first vehicle.