公开(公告)号：US20230026889A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17382574

申请日：2021-07-22

Applicant: Ford Motor Company

Inventor： Evangelos Liasi ,  Liang Huang ,  Rudolf Gerich ,  Eric Frevik ,  Christian Richard Genereux ,  Keith Zobay

IPC: B21D22/02 ,  B21D37/10

Abstract: A forming die includes a first die component with a male bead and a second die component with a female bead. The male bead and the female bead form a bead with a reverse bead geometry with the male bead having a groove and the female bead having a protrusion complimentary with the groove such that the protrusion is aligned with the groove when the male bead extends into the female bead. Also, the protrusion is adjustable in real-time within the female bead. A stamping machine with the first die component and the second die component has a control unit configured to adjust the protrusion in real-time as a function of mechanical property testing data, width testing data, thickness testing data, lubrication testing data and/or image sensor module data on one or more blanks to be stamped and/or one or more blanks that have been stamped.

公开(公告)号：US11458526B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US16363797

申请日：2019-03-25

Applicant: FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Inventor： Laurent Bernard Chappuis ,  S. George Luckey, Jr. ,  Andrey M Ilinich ,  Keith Zobay

IPC: B23P23/04 ,  B23C3/12 ,  B21D28/02 ,  B21D22/00 ,  B21D53/88 ,  B21D31/00 ,  B21D35/00 ,  B23P15/00 ,  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：US10315243B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-11

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 ,  B21D35/00 ,  B21D31/00 ,  B21D28/02 ,  B23C3/12 ,  B62D25/02 ,  B62D65/02 ,  B23P15/00

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.