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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Applicants:
Harry Lobo, Canton, MI (US);
Joel Thomas Pierce, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Inventors:
Harry Lobo, Canton, MI (US);
Joel Thomas Pierce, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 44/02 (2006.01); B29C 44/10 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 44/105 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A structural body component, such as a rocker panel or rear spoiler, and a method of manufacture. The method may include heating a mixture having a polymer and a blowing agent, pressurizing a cavity of a mold, injecting the mixture into the cavity in a single shot such while exerting backpressure against the mixture as it is injected, and cooling the mixture in the mold to form the component.