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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 20, 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);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B21D 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/0463 (2013.01); B21D 39/021 (2013.01); B60J 5/0413 (2013.01); B60J 5/0415 (2013.01); B60J 5/0469 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automotive panel assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes a first panel, a second panel, and a flange of the first panel folded over an edge region of the second panel to hem together the first and second panels. The flange of the first panel includes a textured geometry that interlocks with a textured geometry of the edge region.