Aluminium and magnesium coated part assembly
AssigneeMcLaren Automotive Limited
InventorsElla Podmore, Emanuel Beck, David Turner, Mario Carandente
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Abstract
A part assembly (100), comprising: an aluminium part (101); a magnesium part (102), the magnesium part (102) coated in a first coating (104); a bond (103), the bond (103) securing the aluminium part (101) to the coated magnesium part (114); wherein the aluminium part (101), the coated magnesium part (114) and the bond (103) are subjected to an electrophoresis coating process to coat the aluminium part (101) in a second coating (105). By subjecting the aluminium part (101), the coated magnesium part (114) and the bond (103) to an electrophoresis coating process to coat the aluminium part (101) in a second coating (105) this may provide a simpler manufacturing process.
Claims9
A part assembly, comprising:
- an aluminium part;
- a magnesium part, the magnesium part coated in a first coating;
- a bond, the bond securing the aluminium part to the coated magnesium part;
- wherein the aluminium part, the coated magnesium part and the bond are subjected to an electrophoresis coating process to coat the aluminium part in a second coating, and the coated magnesium part is not coated in the second coating;
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- wherein a first mating edge of the coated aluminium part and a first mating edge of the coated magnesium part are arranged to be flush and aligned so that the bond is flush and aligned with the first mating edge of the coated aluminium part and the first mating edge of the coated magnesium part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.