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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Daniel G. Shriver, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Prasanth Mohankumar, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/06 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B29C 39/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29K 27/06 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/06 (2013.01); B29C 39/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B29K 2027/06 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0061 (2013.01); B29L 2031/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of filling a roof ditch of a vehicle roof assembly is provided. The method includes delivering a sealer material to a mold channel of a mold. The sealer material is heated within the mold channel at a pre-gel heating temperature forming a pre-gelled roof ditch sealer strip. The pre-gelled roof ditch sealer strip is removed from the mold. The pre-gelled roof ditch sealer strip is installed into the roof ditch of the vehicle roof assembly.