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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
James E. Staargaard, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Eric Kowal, Roseville, MI (US);
Thomas M. Goral, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Mitch Brown, Laingsburg, MI (US);
Keith R. Panter, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Larry D. Butterfield, Canton, MI (US);
Blair Longhouse, Otterville, CA;
Jerry Klanges, Woodstock, CA;
Terry E. Nardone, Waterford, MI (US);
Dennis Gaida, Clarkston, MI (US);
James E. Staargaard, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Eric Kowal, Roseville, MI (US);
Thomas M. Goral, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Mitch Brown, Laingsburg, MI (US);
Keith R. Panter, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Larry D. Butterfield, Canton, MI (US);
Blair Longhouse, Otterville, CA;
Jerry Klanges, Woodstock, CA;
Terry E. Nardone, Waterford, MI (US);
Dennis Gaida, Clarkston, MI (US);
General Electric Company, Southfield, MI (US);
Carlisle Engineered Products, Inc., Livonia, MI (US);
Vari-Form, Woodstock, CA;
Abstract
A front end module including a plastic component connected to a metallic substrate. The metallic substrate can be formed by hydroforming and shaped into a substantially unitary member. The plastic component is then molded about the metallic substrate and simultaneously forms connections thereto at discrete locations along the length of the metallic substrate.