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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Peter Miskech, Dearborn, MI (US);
David Gary Dahlstrom, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Keith Alan Kuzmich, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Earl Ray Dover, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Karen Diane Wallag, Dearborn, MI (US);
James Matthew Posa, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Joseph Paul Tekelly, Troy, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular bed assembly and a method for making the vehicular bed assembly by a process which requires the use of a roll of material . Particularly, material from the roll is continually fed through a stamping or mold assembly which forms raised stiffening beads on the material . The material is then continually fed through a cutter in which the received material is selectively cut, thereby forming panels or segments, such as and without limitation segment or panel , which are used to form the walls and which are further used to form the floor pan . In this manner, the methodology allows for a variety of dissimilarly sized bed assemblies to be easily and efficiently produced.