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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2022
Supplemental and targeted heating of vehicle body-in-white interior components/areas for paint ovens
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Wayne Cai, Troy, MI (US);
Hua-Tzu Fan, Troy, MI (US);
Blair E. Carlson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jennifer Therese Bracey, Holly, MI (US);
Mark E. Baylis, Howell, MI (US);
Kenneth W. Mclean, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Matthew Bondy, Windsor, CA;
Ian Mcloughlin, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A heating system includes a conveying system configured to transport a plurality of vehicle body-in-whites (BIWs) sequentially through an oven room to cure paint applied in a paint room. A preheating system includes one or more robot arms. A heat source is connected to the one or more robot arms. A controller is configured to control the one or more robot arms based on a position of one of the vehicle BIWs on the conveying system and to position the heat source near or in direct contact with one or more inner components of the one of the vehicle BIWs to heat the one or more inner components prior to the one of the vehicle BIWs entering the oven room.