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US 9,849,919 B2Granted
Vehicle roof structure
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMuhsin M. Hamdoon, Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily, Darrin Neil Wagner, Bakhtyar Baig, Shuenn-Muh Chen
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Abstract
A vehicle roof structure and door opening panel structure is disclosed that is reinforced with an upper reinforcement strip and a lower reinforcement strip. The roof panel, door opening panel and reinforcement strips are attached by an adhesive and by a plurality of fasteners. The fasteners are received in pierce nuts that are preassembled to the lower reinforcing strip.
Claims4
A method of assembling a roof to a door opening panel comprising:
- attaching several pierce nuts to an inner reinforcing strip;
- assembling the inner reinforcing strip including pierce nuts to the door opening panel;
- assembling the roof to the door opening panel;
- assembling an outer reinforcing strip to an outer surface of the roof;
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- fastening the outer reinforcing strip to the pierce nuts through the roof and the door opening panel with several fasteners.
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