Patent ID: 7107660
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: B21D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of replacement repairing a damaged vehicle door skin with a replacement vehicle door skin, said method comprising: providing a vehicle door to be repaired, said vehicle door having a reusable door frame and a damaged vehicle door skin attached to said door frame with a longitudinal hem flange having a longitudinal length, providing a first repair tool, said first repair tool comprising a hem flange separation tool for reorienting said vehicle door hem flange from a first angle of orientation to a second angle of orientation, said hem flange separation tool including a separation tool guide member, and a separation tool shoe adjacent said separation tool guide member, said separation tool shoe comprising a separation tool leading portion with a separation tool leading edge adapted to be located beneath said flange and a separation tool reorienting surface for directing and displacing said flange to an orientation between said first angle of orientation and said second angle of orientation, said separation tool shoe and said separation tool guide member defining a separation tool orienting gap for orienting said moved flange to said second angle of orientation, moving said hem flange separation tool along said longitudinal length of said vehicle door hem flange of said vehicle door to reorient said vehicle door hem flange from said first angle of orientation to said second angle of orientation to separate said vehicle door skin from said door frame, removing the damaged vehicle door skin, providing a replacement vehicle door skin vehicle door hem flange repair member with an open first angle of orientation, placing a bead of adhesive between said replacement vehicle door skin and said vehicle door frame along said longitudinal length, providing a second repair tool, said second tool comprising a second tool guide support with an upwardly extending second tool support member and a second tool guide member, said second tool support member and said second tool guide member defining a second tool vehicle door hem flange reorienting tool interior and a second tool shoe member supported by said upwardly extending second tool support member, said second tool shoe member extending outwardly from said second tool support member into said vehicle door hem flange reorienting tool interior, said second tool shoe member spaced away from said second tool guide member, said second tool shoe member having a second tool unitary reorienting surface that has a second tool leading reorienting surface and a second tool trailing portion which includes a second tool substantially planar trailing reorienting surface, said substantially planar trailing reorienting surface substantially parallel to said second tool guide member, said substantially planar trailing reorienting surface and said parallel second tool guide member defining a second tool trailing reorienting gap therebetween, said second tool shoe member leading reorienting surface progressively tapered down to said second tool trailing reorienting surface, said second repair tool including an attachment shaft for attachment to a pneumatically actuated tool device, attaching a pneumatically actuated tool device to said attachment shaft, orienting said attachment shaft non-normal to said longitudinal length, pneumatically actuating said second repair tool along said longitudinal length with said attachment shaft oriented non-normal with said second tool progressively displaced along said longitudinal length and said open first angle of orientation replacement vehicle door skin hem flange repair member wherein said second tool reorienting surface progressively reorients said replacement vehicle door hem flange repair member from said open first angle of orientation and squeezes said adhesive between said vehicle door hem flange repair member and said vehicle door frame with said vehicle door frame interleaved between said vehicle door hem flange repair member and said replacement vehicle door skin into a closed second angle of orientation with said adhesive sandwiched between the vehicle door hem flange repair member and the vehicle door frame, said interleaved closed second angle of orientation vehicle door skin, vehicle door frame, vehicle door hem flange repair member and squeezed adhesive bead progressively exiting from said second tool through said second tool trailing reorienting gap with said second tool trailing reorienting gap sized and adapted to permit said progressively exiting of said interleaved closed second angle of orientation vehicle door skin, vehicle door frame, vehicle door hem flange repair member and squeezed adhesive from said second tool along said longitudinal length.