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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark Joseph Courtright, Allen Park, MI (US);
Vince Chimento, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jack Marchlewski, Saline, MI (US);
John Comiez, Novi, MI (US);
Jeffrey Alan Firzlaff, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 65/02 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01); B23P 15/00 (2006.01); B62D 33/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 33/027 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 15/00 (2013.01); B62D 25/2054 (2013.01); B62D 29/008 (2013.01); B62D 33/02 (2013.01); B62D 33/0273 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aluminum pickup bed is assembled from a stamped headboard, a stamped floorpan, and a roll formed front sill. The headboard, a floorpan flange extending downwardly from the floorpan, and a front wall of the front sill form a three piece sandwich structure. Flow drilled screws are installed into the sandwich structure from the headboard side. The front sill includes a closed front flange and an open rear flange, each of which is welded to the floorpan.