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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
James Morton Herring, Jr, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Bruce Norman Greve, Davisburg, MI (US);
The Budd Company, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A container having a mixture of one part of a two-part epoxy adhesive with a plurality of glass beads pre-mixed therein. The concentration of beads in the final mixture as applied to the joint to be bonded is in the range of about 5% to about 20% by weight, with the beads having a diameter in the range of 0.003 to about 0.030 inches. The mixture is capable of being pumped from the container and applied to a member for forming a hem flange joint with another member. The adhesive/glass beads mixture finds particular utility to help prevent excess squeeze out and promote reliable bonds in processes in which an inner and outer panel of an exterior automotive closure member are joined together by way of a hem flange.