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US 10,307,781 B2Granted
Vehicle component fabrication
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMangala A. Jayasuriya, James Chih Cheng
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Abstract
A system includes an injector including a robotic arm and a heated chamber. The injector includes a material feed and a heating element. The robotic arm is arranged to deposit the material feed onto a vehicle component in the heated chamber.
Claims13
A system for forming a vehicle component, comprising:
- an injector including a robotic arm and an injector head;
- a pair of removable guide plates;
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- a heated chamber;
- wherein the injector includes a material feed and a heater, the robotic arm disposing the injector head between the guide plates to deposit the material feed onto the vehicle component in the heated chamber, and each guide plate is L-shaped and disposed at a corner of an intersection of edges of the vehicle component to guide the material feed along the edges at the intersection, the injector head disposed between the guide plates at the intersection of edges to deposit the material feed.
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