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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2008
Applicants:
Cary R. Sherrill, Harrison Township, MI (US);
Douglas P. Heerema, Novi, MI (US);
Richard D. Pastrick, Roseville, MI (US);
Inventors:
Cary R. Sherrill, Harrison Township, MI (US);
Douglas P. Heerema, Novi, MI (US);
Richard D. Pastrick, Roseville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/00 (2006.01); B23P 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for assembling a vehicle body structure. The system includes first and second end effectors for positioning first and second body structure components. The second end effector engages the first end effector to position the second body structure component relative to the first body structure component.