Patent ID: 7527705
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. In a vehicle body having vehicle body panel assembly assembled of two panels and having an interior side and an exterior side, a method of routing an electrical conductor through the body panel assembly from the interior side to the exterior side of the panel assembly, comprising; providing first and second body panels having generally planar flanges along the edge thereof; placing a bead of adhesive upon the planar flange at the edge of the first body panel; placing the electrical conductor transversely across the planar flange at the edge of the first body panel so that the electrical conductor extends from the adhesive bead in one direction atop the planar flange at the edge of the first body panel and in the other direction beyond the edge of the first body panel; placing the planar flange of the edge of a second body panel onto the bead of adhesive; and curing the adhesive so that the body panels are adhered together by an adhesive joint to form the body panel assembly, and the electrical conductor is embedded between the planar flanges at the edge of the body panels within the adhesive joint and thereby extends between the interior side of the panel assembly and the exterior side of the panel assembly.