Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Warm die trimming in hot forming applications
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Application No.: US15795196Application Date: 2017-10-26
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Publication No.: US11014137B2Publication Date: 2021-05-25
- Inventor: Liang Huang , Evangelos Liasi
- Applicant: Ford Motor Company
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Motor Company
- Current Assignee: Ford Motor Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Burris Law, PLLC
- Main IPC: B21D22/02
- IPC: B21D22/02 ; B21D28/26 ; B21D24/16

Abstract:
A method of forming a part is provided by the present disclosure. The method includes forming a blank from a material, heating the blank, stamping the blank into a panel, and trimming the panel in a trim die. Trimming the panel includes heating a portion of the trim die locally adjacent a trim area of the panel at a temperature below an austenitizing (phase transformation) temperature of the material and trimming the panel with a cutting member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190126337A1 WARM DIE TRIMMING IN HOT FORMING APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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