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Patent Inventor Names
Richard M. Kleber0
Adrian B. Chernoff0
Chongmin Kim0
Date of Patent
January 9, 2007
0Patent Application Number
110675790
Date Filed
February 25, 2005
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
An integrally designed roof rack and roof panel attached to a vehicle may be formed using quick plastic forming (QPF) and superplastic forming processing (SPF). A number of vehicle accessories such as luggage containers, fuel tanks, consoles, door attachments, truck beds and table trays may be formed using QPF processes. The items may be installed and movable onto and off the vehicle. A variety of QPF processes may be employed, enabling the vehicle accessory to meet required strength, dimensional, and shape considerations. Additionally, component integration is enabled by using QPF processes.
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