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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Steven Yellin Schondorf, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abraham G. Philip, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
Markus Hagen, Cologne, DE;
Thomas Arndt, Odenthal, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Exemplary methods of making a bumper component are disclosed, along with exemplary bumper assemblies and vehicles. An exemplary method may include providing a first mold portion defining at least in part a front surface, and positioning at least one sensor in the first mold portion. Exemplary methods may further include enclosing the at least one sensor within the first mold portion with a second mold portion. The second mold portion may define at least in part a rear surface. The method may further include forming a body within the first and second mold portions, thereby embedding the at least one sensor between the front and rear surfaces, the body extending between the front and rear surfaces.