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US 5,670,109 AGranted
Vehicle assembly method
AssigneeChrysler Corporation
InventorDelbert D. DeRees
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Abstract
A method of assembling vehicle body members by injecting an adhesive into a predesigned channel cavity formed at the joint interface of the vehicle body members.
Claims8
A method of assembling vehicle structural components together by using adhesives comprising the steps of:
- providing a first vehicle structural component comprising a tongue and further comprising a shoulder on either side of said tongue,
- providing a second vehicle structural component comprising a groove and further comprising a shoulder on either end of said groove,
- positioning said first and said second vehicle structural components together such that said shoulders of said tongue abut said shoulders of said groove to form a channel cavity between said tongue and said groove, and,
- injecting an adhesive into said channel cavity while said first and said second vehicle structural components are positioned together in said bonded position and forming an adhesive bond between said first and second components.
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