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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2010
Raja Shekar Sohmshetty, Canton, MI (US);
Theodore Coon, Livonia, MI (US);
Saravanan Subramanian, Belleville, MI (US);
Zhiyong Cedric Xia, Canton, MI (US);
Raja Shekar Sohmshetty, Canton, MI (US);
Theodore Coon, Livonia, MI (US);
Saravanan Subramanian, Belleville, MI (US);
Zhiyong Cedric Xia, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
In one or more embodiments, a weldability of a stack-up for use in vehicle part production may be determined. The determination may include receiving general stack-up information, welding standards data for forming a stack-up, and one or more inputs defining one or more stack-up design variables. Additionally, standardized stack-up information may be generated based on the general stack-up information, the one or more design variables, and the welding standards data. Furthermore, historical welding data may be received for predicting a weldability of the stack-up. Predictive logic may be applied to the standardized stack-up information based on the historical welding data to obtain one or more weldability predictions for the stack-up. The one or more weldability predictions may be transmitted for use in vehicle part production.