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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2012
Harold Kendall, Erie, PA (US);
Daniel Ganzer, Erie, PA (US);
Zuoguang Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Aiqin Jiang, Shanghai, CN;
Harold Kendall, Erie, PA (US);
Daniel Ganzer, Erie, PA (US);
Zuoguang Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Aiqin Jiang, Shanghai, CN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a vehicle body. The method includes coupling a frame assembly to a platform, wherein the platform is in a cambered and unloaded condition, and wherein the frame assembly has a degree of play at coupling points with the platform and securing the coupling points to eliminate the degree of play and thereby to provide substantially zero residual stress in the vehicle body in the cambered condition.