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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Garret Sankey Huff, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Amanda Kay Freis, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/02 (2006.01); B21J 15/14 (2006.01); B21C 23/14 (2006.01); B32B 7/05 (2019.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01); B32B 15/20 (2006.01); B32B 9/04 (2006.01); B32B 5/24 (2006.01); B32B 7/08 (2019.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/025 (2013.01); B21C 23/142 (2013.01); B21J 15/147 (2013.01); B32B 5/24 (2013.01); B32B 7/05 (2019.01); B32B 7/08 (2013.01); B32B 9/041 (2013.01); B32B 15/04 (2013.01); B32B 15/20 (2013.01); B29C 65/64 (2013.01); B29C 66/742 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3002 (2013.01); B32B 2250/02 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24322 (2015.01);
Abstract
An assembly includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a self-piercing rivet. The lower substrate defines a preformed interior cavity and a preformed exterior profile adjacent the interior cavity to define a variable thickness wall. The self-piercing rivet extends through the upper substrate and into the preformed interior cavity of the lower substrate.