公开(公告)号：US20180029105A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-01

申请号：US15219787

申请日：2016-07-26

Applicant: FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Inventor： Laurent Bernard CHAPPUIS ,  S. George LUCKEY, JR. ,  Andrey M. ILINICH ,  Keith ZOBAY

IPC: B21D53/88 ,  B62D65/02 ,  B62D25/02 ,  B23C3/12 ,  B21D28/02

CPC classification number: B21D53/88 ,  B21D28/02 ,  B23C3/12 ,  B23C3/128 ,  B23C2215/08 ,  B23C2220/28 ,  B23C2270/16 ,  B23P15/00 ,  B23P2700/12 ,  B62D25/02 ,  B62D65/02

Abstract: A method and a system are disclosed for making an article of manufacture from a blank defining an internal opening. A stack of blanks are aligned and the internal openings of the blanks in the stack of blanks are machined by a rotary cutting tool to a finished dimension. The blanks are clamped together before machining in a numerically controlled machine tool. The blanks are subsequently formed individually in a sheet metal forming operation in which the inner perimeter of the internal openings is expanded as the blank is formed.

公开(公告)号：US20200180290A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16790047

申请日：2020-02-13

Applicant: FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Inventor： Andrey M. ILINICH ,  Alexander MAMUTOV ,  S. George LUCKEY, JR. ,  David John HILL ,  Jason Scott BALZER

IPC: B32B37/06 ,  B32B3/26 ,  B32B27/32 ,  B32B15/085 ,  B32B27/42 ,  B32B27/36 ,  B32B27/28 ,  B32B15/18 ,  B32B7/14 ,  B32B15/082 ,  B32B27/34 ,  B32B27/06 ,  B32B15/09 ,  B32B27/38 ,  B32B15/088 ,  B32B27/40 ,  B32B15/098 ,  B32B27/30 ,  B32B15/092 ,  B32B7/04 ,  B32B1/00 ,  B32B27/08 ,  B32B27/20 ,  B32B5/18 ,  B32B15/095 ,  B32B15/08 ,  B32B15/04 ,  B32B27/18 ,  B32B5/32 ,  B32B15/20 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B38/12 ,  B32B38/18 ,  B32B15/00 ,  B29C65/00 ,  B29C51/08 ,  B29C51/14

Abstract: A method of producing a laminated article comprising placing a first metal skin, a core, and a second metal skin freely onto each other as discreet layers to provide a layered component; and forming the layered component into a shaped article via a die prior to producing a laminated article by applying pressure and heat to the shaped article, wherein at least the first skin moves relative to the core and/or second skin during the forming.