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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bernhard Kreuzer, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Frank Timm, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle structural component includes a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet placed against the first metal sheet. The first and second metal sheets are joined together in some areas. A gap is provided between the first and second metal sheets in the regions between the areas where the first and second metal sheets are joined together. The gap is configured to receive a coating material. At least one of the first or the second metal sheets includes at least one hole. Each hole opens to the gap and is configured to convey an inflow of the coating material to the gap.