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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jamil M. Alwan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Petros Frantzeskakis, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Jon Gutowski, Saline, MI (US);
Erik Billimoria, Canton, MI (US);
Shawn Michael Morgans, Chelsea, MI (US);
Henry W. Hausler, New Hudson, MI (US);
Christopher Bondanza, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (US);
Kirk E. Sanborn, Rochester, MI (US);
Meghan Hall, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling a vehicle that includes performing a first operation on a front vehicle structure, securing a plurality of first vehicle components to the front vehicle structure while performing the first operation on the front vehicle structure, performing a second operation on a rear vehicle structure, securing a plurality of second vehicle components to the rear vehicle structure while performing the second operation on the rear vehicle structure, and coupling the front vehicle structure and the rear vehicle structure to each other to form an intermediate vehicle structure after the first vehicle components have been secured to the front vehicle structure and the second vehicle components have been secured to the rear vehicle structure. The first operation includes continuously or intermittently rotating the front vehicle structure. The second operation includes continuously or intermittently rotating the rear vehicle structure.