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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael J Gardynik, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Steven Frank, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kevin Joseph Favero, Plymouth, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ronald Machin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/0463 (2013.01); B60J 5/0413 (2013.01); B60J 5/0415 (2013.01); B60J 5/0469 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automotive panel assembly includes, among other things, a first panel, a second panel, a flange of the first panel folded over an edge region of the second panel to hem together the first and second panel, and a dimple of the flange extending into an aperture within the edge region of the second panel. At least a portion of the aperture is exposed.