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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
David Anthony Wagner, Northville, MI (US);
Ari Garo Callskan, Canton, MI (US);
John Edward Huber, Novi, MI (US);
Yuksel Gur, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael M. Azzouz, Livonia, MI (US);
Jeffrey A. Wallace, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Parameswararao Pothuraju, Canton, MI (US);
Sunil K. Kasaragod, Canton, MI (US);
Xiaoming Chen, Canton, MI (US);
David Anthony Wagner, Northville, MI (US);
Ari Garo Callskan, Canton, MI (US);
John Edward Huber, Novi, MI (US);
Yuksel Gur, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael M. Azzouz, Livonia, MI (US);
Jeffrey A. Wallace, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Parameswararao Pothuraju, Canton, MI (US);
Sunil K. Kasaragod, Canton, MI (US);
Xiaoming Chen, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An aluminum tubular beam is assembled to a steel box frame rail with a steel sleeve. The sleeve is connected by a crimp joint or by a hem flange to the tubular beam. The steel sleeve may be effectively welded to the steel box frame rail to which it is assembled. An adhesive may be provided between the sleeve and the beam.