# US 10,307,781 B2 · Vehicle component fabrication > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,307,781 B2 - Document ID: US10307781B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/966,357 - Filed: 2015-12-11 - Published: 2017-06-15 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-11 - Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Mangala A. Jayasuriya; James Chih Cheng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10307781B2 ## CPC - B05B 13/0431: {with spray heads moved by robots or articulated arms, e.g. for applying liquid or other fluent material to three-dimensional [3D] surfaces} - B05B 9/002: {incorporating means for heating or cooling, e.g. the material to be sprayed} - B05B 13/0285: {Stands for supporting individual articles to be sprayed, e.g. doors, vehicle body parts} - B05C 5/0204: {for applying liquid or other fluent material to the edges of essentially flat articles} - C23C 4/123: Spraying molten metal - B05D 1/26: performed by applying the liquid or other fluent material from an outlet device in contact with, or almost in contact with, the surface - B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) - B05C: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B5/08) - C23C: COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL (making metal-coated products by extrusion B21C23/22; covering with metal by connecting pre-existing layers to articles, see the relevant places, e.g. B21D39/00, B23K; metallising of glass C03C; metallising mortars, concrete, artificial stone, ceramics or natural stone C04B41/00; enamelling of, or applying a vitreous layer to, metals C23D; treating metal surfaces or coating of metals by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25D; single-crystal film growth C30B; by metallising textiles D06M11/83; decorating textiles by locally metallising D06Q1/04) - B05D: PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (conveying articles or workpieces through baths of liquid B65G, e.g. B65G49/02) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for forming a vehicle component, comprising: an injector including a robotic arm and an injector head; a pair of removable guide plates; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the injector is arranged to deposit a layer of material from the material feed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the injector is arranged to deposit a plurality of layers onto the component. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the component is arranged to be rotated and the injector is configured to deposit the layer of material on the rotated component. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the component is weldless. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the injector is arranged to deposit at least one of an extruded layer of metal, droplets of liquid metal, and a spray of liquid metal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the injector includes an edge guide for forming an edge from the deposited metal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the robotic arm includes a plurality of injector heads including a plurality of material feeds, the material feeds including at least one of a steel, a polymer, an aluminum, and a chemical additive. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the robotic arm includes a rotatable injector housing, the plurality of injector heads installed in the rotatable injector housing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a second injector, the second injector including a chemical additive, wherein the second injector is arranged to deposit the chemical additive onto the component. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the material feed is at least one of a metal wire and a powder. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the injector includes a feeder arranged to feed the material feed to the heater. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein at least one robotic arm is arranged to deposit a layer of liquid material from the material feed over the intersection and form a single edge upon solidifying.