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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dan Busuioc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bernard Gerard Marchetti, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Gary D. Mullen, Plymouth, MI (US);
Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/17 (2006.01); B62D 25/14 (2006.01); B62D 29/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/1706 (2013.01); B29C 45/1711 (2013.01); B62D 25/145 (2013.01); B62D 29/043 (2013.01); B29C 2045/172 (2013.01); B29C 2045/1707 (2013.01); B29C 2045/1723 (2013.01); B29C 2045/1726 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3055 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a cross-car beam is provided. A composite is melted to form a viscous polymer. The polymer is injected into a mold. Pressurized fluid is injected into the mold to evacuate a portion of the viscous polymer from the mold and to form a channel therethrough. The remaining viscous polymer is cooled within the mold to form a cross-car beam.