Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for preforming at least a portion of a material
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Application No.: US16919472Application Date: 2020-07-02
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Publication No.: US11780151B2Publication Date: 2023-10-10
- Inventor: Vernon M. Benson , Peter G. Turner
- Applicant: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- Applicant Address: US VA Falls Church
- Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Falls Church
- Agency: TraskBritt
- The original application number of the division: US12832251 2010.07.08
- Main IPC: B29C55/18
- IPC: B29C55/18 ; B29C70/54 ; B29C70/28 ; B29C55/06 ; B29K105/08 ; B29C70/32
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods of stretch-forming material are provided. In one example embodiment, a variable material stretch-forming apparatus comprises a stretch-forming assembly configured to stretch-form at least one section of a sheet of material to a longer length than at least one other section of the sheet of material before the sheet of material is applied to a tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200331189A1 APPARATUS FOR PREFORMING AT LEAST A PORTION OF A MATERIAL Public/Granted day:2020-10-22
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