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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Peter A. Friedman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aindrea McKelvey Campbell, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Garret Sankey Huff, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Amanda Kay Freis, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ronald David Ketelhut, Novi, MI (US);
S. George Luckey, Jr., Dearborn, MI (US);
Laurent Bernard Chappuis, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling vehicle-body components includes positioning a first component on a second component. The first component has a different coefficient of thermal expansion than the second component and one of the first and second components defines a slot. The method also includes loosely installing a bolt though the slot and the first and second components, and creating a joint in the first and second components. The method further includes heating the first and second components, which causes the first and second components to move relative to each other due to thermal expansion in response to the heating. This movement causes the joint to fail. The method also includes tightening the bolt.