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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2009
Mike M. Ghiran, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Susan E. Hartfield-wunsch, Livonia, MI (US);
John E. Carsley, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Mike M. Ghiran, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Susan E. Hartfield-Wunsch, Livonia, MI (US);
John E. Carsley, Clinton Township, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and device for inductively heating a first and second surface to form a closure assembly. A method contemplated by the present invention includes spacing an upper die from a lower die for receipt of the first surface and the second surface configured in an overlying orientation, securing one end of the first surface to an end of the second surface and compressing the first surface toward the second surface to form a compressed arrangement which is inductively heated into a closure assembly.