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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
David John Hill, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Stephen William Gallagher, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Shawn Michael Morgans, Chelsea, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for attaching a roof panel to a roof rail of a vehicle bodyside frame, wherein the roof rail prohibiting access to an underside of an area at which the roof panel attaches to the roof panel, can include applying a single-component adhesive to a roof rail or to a portion of a roof panel that rests on the roof rail, placing the roof panel onto the roof rail, attaching the roof panel to the roof rail using single-sided spot welds, and heating the roof panel and vehicle bodyside frame to a temperature that cures the single-component adhesive.