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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Joseph Courtright, Allen Park, MI (US);
Vince Chimento, Plymouth, MI (US);
Joshua Hemphill, White Lake, MI (US);
Jack Marchlewski, Saline, MI (US);
Jeffrey Allen Firzlaff, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Lawrence J. Dupuis, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a reinforcement assembly for a truck bed is provided. The method includes roll-forming an aluminum sheet to form a cross-member having a base, a pair of opposing sidewalls extending from the base, and a pair of flanges each extending from one of the sidewalls and substantially parallel with the base. The method includes extruding an aluminum reinforcement member, and attaching the reinforcement member to the cross-member to space the cross-member from a frame rail of the truck.