Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods of electromagnetic forming aluminum alloy wheel for automotive use
- Patent Title (中): 用于汽车用电磁成型铝合金车轮的方法
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Application No.: US10933287Application Date: 2004-09-03
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Publication No.: US07441335B2Publication Date: 2008-10-28
- Inventor: Yoshihaya Imamura , Hiroyuki Yamashita
- Applicant: Yoshihaya Imamura , Hiroyuki Yamashita
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe-shi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
- Priority: JP2003-312198 20030904
- Main IPC: B23P17/00
- IPC: B23P17/00

Abstract:
A metal mold for electromagnetic forming, with the inner peripheral face thereof, serving as a forming face, is disposed on the outer peripheral side of a columnar workpiece, and a coil for electromagnetic forming is disposed on the inner peripheral side of the columnar workpiece. In a state of a configuration as described, electric energy is thrown into the coil for the electromagnetic forming, and the columnar workpiece is caused to undergo flaring to be thereby pressed against the forming face of the metal mold for the electromagnetic forming, so as to be turned into a shape corresponding to the forming face by means of the electromagnetic forming, thus obtaining a wheel rim. A disc is welded to the wheel rim obtained, and curling is applied to outer edges of the wheel rim. With the adoption of a method of manufacturing an automotive wheel, a manufacturing process as a whole is enhanced in efficiency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050091850A1 Method of manufacturing aluminum alloy wheel and wheel rim for automotive use Public/Granted day:2005-05-05
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