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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2005
James Lowe, Temperance, MI (US);
Dragan Stojkovic, Southgate, MI (US);
Larry Dupuis, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
James Lowe, Temperance, MI (US);
Dragan Stojkovic, Southgate, MI (US);
Larry Dupuis, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An improved method of manufacturing an assembly comprising at least two components. Assembly components are attached together to form a combined assembly. The combined assembly is engaged by a single framing fixture that establishes the spatial relationships between each of the assembly components. After the spatial relationships are final, the assembly is fixed having securing points that are accessible when engaged by the single framing fixture. The method significantly reduces the load-weld-load sequences used in conventional body-in-white framing processes for motor vehicles.