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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2013
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

David Anthony Wagner, Northville, MI (US);

Michael M. Azzouz, Livonia, MI (US);

Eric William Barrett, Milford, MI (US);

Xiaoming Chen, Canton, MI (US);

John Martin Knittel, Canton, MI (US);

Sanjay Mehta, Plymouth, MI (US);

John Joseph Uicker, Dearborn, MI (US);

Jeff A. Wallace, Walled Lake, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/00 (2006.01); B23K 31/02 (2006.01); B23K 33/00 (2006.01); B62D 27/06 (2006.01); F16B 7/18 (2006.01); F16B 11/00 (2006.01); F16B 39/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 65/02 (2013.01); B62D 21/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49616 (2015.01); B23K 31/02 (2013.01); B23K 33/006 (2013.01); B23K 33/008 (2013.01); B62D 21/02 (2013.01); B23K 2201/006 (2013.01); B23K 2201/185 (2013.01); B23K 2201/28 (2013.01); B23K 2203/08 (2013.01); B23K 2203/18 (2013.01); B23K 2203/20 (2013.01); B62D 27/065 (2013.01); F16B 7/182 (2013.01); F16B 11/006 (2013.01); F16B 39/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a vehicle frame, includes: forming compatible threads on a first rail composed of a first material and a second rail composed of a second material; forming a pair of locators on the first and second rails, said locators configured to indicate an alignment condition of the first rail and second rail when screwed together; and screwing together the first rail and second rail.


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