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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jack Marchlewski, Saline, MI (US);
Darrin Neil Wagner, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Robert Reiners, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/04 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F16B 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/04 (2013.01); F16B 5/065 (2013.01); F16B 5/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with a locator device configured to maintain outer body panel alignment, and a corresponding method. In particular, an example method includes temporarily attaching a locator device to one of a body of a motor vehicle and an outer body panel connectable to the body. The method further includes connecting the outer body panel to the body, and rigidly connecting the locator device to the other of the body and the outer body panel.