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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christopher John May, Novi, MI (US);
S. George Luckey, Jr., Dearborn, MI (US);
Andrey M. Ilinich, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stephen Kernosky, Livonia, MI (US);
Kiran Kumar Mallela, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brett D. Irick, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 9/02 (2006.01); B21C 37/08 (2006.01); B21C 23/08 (2006.01); B21D 26/033 (2011.01); B21D 53/88 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 53/88 (2013.01); B21C 23/085 (2013.01); B21C 37/08 (2013.01); B21D 26/033 (2013.01); B62D 29/008 (2013.01); F16L 9/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49623 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for forming an aluminum alloy vehicle body component. An aluminum alloy billet is extruded into an aluminum tube that includes longitudinal weld seams formed in a sidewall of the tube during extrusion. A weld seam locating pip is also formed on a sidewall of the tube during extrusion. The pip is used to locate the weld seams during manufacturing of the body component.