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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Richard Daniel Pastrick, Roseville, MI (US);
Stephen William Gallagher, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 37/00 (2006.01); B62D 23/00 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B62D 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 23/005 (2013.01); B62D 21/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle body exoskeleton includes a plurality of nodes each defining a receptacle. A plurality of tubes have first and second end portions smaller than and tapering inwardly from a main portion. Each end portion is received in one of the receptacles. An adhesive is applied to the end portions filling a gap defined between the receptacles and the end portions to bond the tubes to the receptacles.