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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Edgar Edward Donabedian, Livonia, MI (US);
Darrin Neil Wagner, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Mark Keller, Birmingham, MI (US);
Bruno M. Barthelemy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ali Jammoul, Canton, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle having a roof panel connectedly extending inwardly from a body structure and a tether connectedly extending between the roof panel and body structure. The vehicle may be a pickup truck having a side body structure with an aluminum alloy internal panel and roof panel connected together to make up a portion of a passenger compartment of a cab. The tether assembly may have a mounting component adhesively connected to the roof panel and a tether rope connected to the mounting component and to the internal panel. The mounting component of the tether assembly may be taped to the roof panel. The mounting component may have a heat curing adhesive. The connector of the tether assembly may be fastened to the side body structure using a threaded fastener. The heat curing adhesive may be activated with an oven to secure the mounting component to the roof panel.