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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2011
Rodney G. Whitbeck, Northville, MI (US);
Keith Raymond Bartle, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
David Alan Stephenson, Detroit, MI (US);
James William Perry, Temperance, MI (US);
Rodney G. Whitbeck, Northville, MI (US);
Keith Raymond Bartle, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
David Alan Stephenson, Detroit, MI (US);
James William Perry, Temperance, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for preparing a surface for mechanically securing a spray coating to a surface. A first series of grooves formed in the surface are intersected with a second series of grooves formed in the surface. A plurality of barbs are formed at the intersections. The spray coating is mechanically secured to the barbs that overhang the first series of grooves. The surface includes the first series of grooves and the second series of groves that intersect the first series of groves. The second series of groves form an undercut portion, or barb, at the intersections of the grooves that mechanically anchor the spray coating.