Patent ID: 7112250

Claim:
A method of repetitively forming a coach joint between two members during a manufacturing process using a viscous adhesive, said method comprising the steps of: positioning a first member initially having a generally planar portion and an arcuate portion at a second end of the planar portion to be in contact with a second member to form a coach joint during the manufacturing process, wherein the joint is defined by both a coverage portion having a coverage length extending along a length of the first member from a first point at a first end of the first member to a second point at the second end at which the first member begins to curve to form a tangent portion, and a flange fill portion having a flange fill length extending from the second point to a line segment that is collinear to the tangent portion; depositing the viscous adhesive in about fifty percent of the coverage length and in about ten percent of the fill length to repetitively form the joint between the first member with the second member during the manufacturing process, so that seepage of the adhesive from the joint is a minimum while stress transfer is a maximum.