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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsEvan Tian, Vincent Yin, Denis Gerard O'Shannessy, Ryan Lin
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An apparatus to apply a foam seal to a part is provided. The apparatus comprises a receiving device to secure the part, a loading device and a driving device to drive the loading device. The receiving device includes a housing, a first rod coupled to the housing and at least partially disposed in the housing and a resilient member connected between the housing and the first rod at a radial direction. The loading device includes an actuating member and a holding member to hold the foam seal. The driving device is configured to move the loading device between a loading position and an application position and further drive the actuating member and the holding member to rotate around an axis parallel to the first rod. The actuation member contacts the housing while rotating and the foam seal on the holding member contacts the part at the application position.
An apparatus to apply a foam seal to a part, comprising:
An assembly to apply a foam seal to a vehicle part, comprising:
The assembly of claim 15, where the vehicle part is an air register.
A method to apply a foam seal to a vehicle part via a foam seal application assembly, the foam seal application assembly includes a supply device, a loading device, a receiving device, a driving device to drive the loading device, the method comprising:
The method of claim 19, wherein applying the foam seal includes aligning the actuation member substantially to the housing and aligning the holding member substantially to the vehicle part, and wherein movement of the housing relative to the first rod adjusts a position of the vehicle part to make it contact the holding member during rotation of the loading device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.