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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
May. 28, 1996
Andrew Z Glovatsky, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Alice Zitzmann, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A circuit-carrying automotive component and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the component includes a substrate made from a polymer that is molten at a predetermined elevated temperature. The component further includes a circuit board which defines an aperture therethrough adapted to receive the molten polymer at the elevated temperature and a fastener formed from the molten polymer through the aperture. The fastener is integral with the substrate and mechanically secures the circuit board to the substrate. The circuit board is made from a material that is resistant to fusing with the molten polymer at the elevated temperature.