Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Patent
1993-04-05
1994-11-08
Pape, Joseph
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
296 29, 296209, 156 64, 156295, 52208, B62D 2500
Patent
active
053621204
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle body construction (10) and method including inspection of adhesively secured joints therein is provided. The vehicle body construction (10) comprises a pair of body members (18,20) having opposed surfaces (24,26). An adhesive bond (28) secures the opposed surfaces (24,26) to each other to thereby connect the pair of body members (18,20). One of the body members has small inspection openings (22) at spaced intervals to permit visual observation of whether there is adhesive (12) between the opposed surfaces (24,26) at the spaced intervals to thereby provide an indication of the integrity of the bond (28). The method includes forming body members (18,20) with opposed surfaces (24,26) having inspection openings (22) at spaced intervals, forming an adhesive bond (28) between the opposed surfaces (18,20) to connect the body members (18,20) and visually observing the inspection openings (22) for the presence of the adhesive (12) for an indication of the integrity of the adhesive bond (28). After curing, adhesive bond (28) may be tactilely probed for hardness as an evidence of proper curing.
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Ford Motor Company
May Roger L.
Pape Joseph
Stock Daniel M.
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