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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Larry Paul Haack, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kimberly Ann Lazarz, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ann Marie Straccia, Southgate, MI (US);
Joy Hines Forsmark, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/60 (2006.01); B23K 11/00 (2006.01); B21J 15/02 (2006.01); F16B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/60 (2013.01); B21J 15/025 (2013.01); B23K 11/0066 (2013.01); F16B 11/006 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01); Y10T 428/249923 (2015.04);
Abstract
An assembly and a method of joining a first part with a second part at an attachment area that includes a localized area on the first part. The localized area is cleaned and activated by a plasma jet. An organosilicon composition is applied by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition to the localized area. An adhesive is applied to the localized area and the second part is mechanically fastened to the first part in the localized area.