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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2021
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Nathan Tortorella, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Rakesh Kumar Goyal, Pune, IN;
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for manufacturing an adhesively bonded structure including first and second components including first and second outer surfaces, respectively, at least the first component being a first metal component, the first and second outer surfaces facing one another and partially overlapping, and the adhesively bonded structure including an adhesive layer received between overlapping portions of the first and second outer surfaces. The method includes deforming the first outer surface of the first metal component along a first isolated path extending beside the first edge of the adhesive layer along at least a majority of a length of the first edge of the adhesive layer.