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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Roger Khami, Troy, MI (US);
Jacqueline L. Tomlin, Southfield, MI (US);
David S. Moyer, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Timothy Dorweiler, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
James William Ortman, Saline, MI (US);
Ha To Chung, Canton, MI (US);
Jeffrey Pittel, Rochester, MI (US);
Alexander King, Goodrich, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An engine intake duct is formed by securing a hydrocarbon-adsorbing element to a frame to form an insert, positioning the insert in registry with a blow-molding core, placing a molten plastic parison and mold around the insert and core, and blow-molding the parison to form a shell engaging the frame to retain the insert with a surface of the insert exposed to a hollow interior of the shell.