Forming tool apparatus with pivoting wall segment
    1.
    发明授权
    Forming tool apparatus with pivoting wall segment 有权
    具有枢转壁段的成形工具设备

    公开(公告)号:US07306451B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-11

    申请号:US11206552

    申请日:2005-08-18

    IPC分类号: B29C45/44

    CPC分类号: B21D26/055 Y10S425/058

    摘要: An improved forming tool apparatus for forming an article having a negative draft angle that locks the formed article within the forming tool. First and second forming tools are closed relative one another to define a forming tool cavity in which the article is formed and opened for removal of the formed article from the forming tool cavity. The first forming tool has a removable cavity wall segment having an undercut cavity wall that provides a desired shape to the formed article but locks the formed article against removal from the forming tool cavity. A pivot linkage normally establishes the removable wall segment in a forming position in which the undercut wall is poised for forming of the article and selectively pivots the removable wall segment out of the forming position when the forming tools are opened so that the undercut wall is pivotally lifted and releases the formed article for removal from the cavity.

    摘要翻译: 一种改进的成形工具装置,用于形成具有将成形制品锁定在成形工具内的负牵伸角的制品。 第一和第二成形工具彼此相对封闭以限定成形工具腔,其中制品被形成和打开以从成形工具腔移除成形制品。 第一成形工具具有可拆卸空腔壁段,其具有底切腔壁,其向成形制品提供期望的形状,但是锁定成形制品以防止从成形工具腔中移除。 枢转连接件通常在成形位置建立可移除的壁段,其中底切壁准备用于形成制品,并且当成形工具打开时可选择性地将可移除壁部分枢转到成形位置之外,使得底切壁枢转 提起并释放成形物品以从腔中移除。

    Raised surface features for hot blow-forming tooling
    2.
    发明授权
    Raised surface features for hot blow-forming tooling 有权
    用于热成型模具的凸起表面特征

    公开(公告)号:US06843088B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-18

    申请号:US10779362

    申请日:2004-02-13

    IPC分类号: B21D26/02

    摘要: Apparatus and method for hot blow-forming an article from a blank of sheet metal. Simultaneously, a surface of the blank of sheet metal is formed against a form tool body that partially defines a forming surface and against a form tool insert that also partially defines the forming surface and that is positioned within a recess of the form tool body such that a lateral gap is defined between the form tool insert and form tool body. Opposed projections are provided on upper surfaces of the form tool insert and the form tool body adjacent the gap. The projections create a raised portion on the sheet metal panel that corresponds to the gap. The raised portion is removed flush with respect to a visible surface of the article.

    摘要翻译: 用于从金属板坯料热吹塑制品的设备和方法。 同时,金属板坯料的表面形成在一个成形工具主体上,该模具工具主体部分地限定一个成形表面并抵靠一个成形工具刀片,该刀具刀片也部分地限定成形表面并且位于成型工具主体的凹槽内,使得 在成型工具插入件和成型工具主体之间限定横向间隙。 相对的突起设置在成形工具插入件的上表面和与间隙相邻的模具工具主体上。 突出物在金属板上形成对应于间隙的凸起部分。 凸起部分相对于制品的可见表面平齐地移除。

    Device for holding a sheet metal blank in a forming press

    公开(公告)号:US06668612B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-12-30

    申请号:US10080054

    申请日:2002-02-21

    IPC分类号: B21J1310

    摘要: A device is provided comprising a guide mechanism used to position and securely hold a sheet metal blank in a sheet metal forming press that is operated at high temperatures. A sheet metal blank is initially positioned in the forming press by resting the sheet metal blank on the highest portion of the convex surface of the lower tool member and counter balancing it with a blank loading device that includes a support hand to initially hold the blank. The guide apparatus comprises an engagement tool mounted to a beam that is slidably attached to guide supports. As the upper tool member drops, the engagement tool pinches and securely holds the sheet metal blank as the guide supports slide along the beam in sync with the downward movement of the upper tool member.

    Curvilinear punch motion for double-action hot stretch-forming
    4.
    发明授权
    Curvilinear punch motion for double-action hot stretch-forming 有权
    用于双作用热拉伸成形的曲线冲压运动

    公开(公告)号:US07047779B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-23

    申请号:US10755488

    申请日:2004-01-12

    IPC分类号: B21D26/02

    摘要: A method for forming sheet metal articles, such as automotive body panels, having complex curvatures. Opposing, complementary, pre-form and finish-form tools are used in a single press. A sheet of hot blow-formable sheet metal alloy, heated to a forming temperature, is placed between the tools. The pre-forming tool is lowered to a first stage closed position thereby trapping edges of the sheet between binder surfaces of the tools. The sheet is first stretched against the pre-form tool using pressurized gas to form a pre-form that undergoes most of the metal stretching required for the final part shape. Then the finish-form tool is pivotably advanced into a second stage closed position. The pre-form is displaced away from the pre-form tool and hot plastically formed against the opposing finish-form tool with pressurized gas to obtain the final sheet metal part shape. The finish-form tool is then pivotably retracted so as to avoid die lock or part interference conditions.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于形成具有复杂曲率的诸如汽车车身板的钣金制品的方法。 相反的,互补的,预形式和完成形式的工具在一个新闻中使用。 将加热至成形温度的一片热吹塑成型的金属板合金放置在工具之间。 预成形工具降低到第一阶段关闭位置,从而将工件的粘合剂表面之间的片材边缘截留。 首先使用加压气体将片材拉伸成预成型工具,以形成经受最终部件形状所需的大部分金属拉伸的预成型件。 然后,精加工工具可转动地进入第二阶段关闭位置。 预成型件从预成型工具移开并用加压气体热塑性地与相对的精加工工具形成,以获得最终的钣金零件形状。 然后可以将精加工工具可枢转地缩回,以避免模具锁定或部件干涉条件。

    External activation mechanism for pressurized forming cavity
    5.
    发明授权
    External activation mechanism for pressurized forming cavity 有权
    加压成型腔外部激活机构

    公开(公告)号:US06923030B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-02

    申请号:US10684632

    申请日:2003-10-14

    IPC分类号: B21D26/02

    CPC分类号: B21D26/055 Y10T29/49805

    摘要: A mechanical mechanism is disclosed for supplementing the action of a pressurized working gas in hot blow forming of a sheet material. Opposing complementary heated forming tools grip the sheet material and form a shaping surface on one side of the sheet and a gas pressure chamber on the other side. An internal complementary mechanical forming device is located inside the pressure chamber. The device is operated by an internal rotatable shaft supported through the chamber defining tool wall. The internal shaft is coupled outside the tool wall to an external shaft for external activation of the mechanical forming device. The external shaft and coupling are enclosed in a housing structure that provide a pressure seal, thrust support and thermal insulation for the external activation mechanism.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于补充加压工作气体在片材的热吹塑中的作用的机械机构。 相互补充的加热成形工具夹紧片材并在片材的一侧形成成形表面,在另一侧形成气体压力室。 内部互补机械成形装置位于压力室内。 该装置由支撑通过室限定工具壁的内部旋转轴操作。 内轴在工具壁外部连接到外部轴,用于外部激活机械成形装置。 外部轴和联轴器封闭在壳体结构中,为外部启动机构提供压力密封,推力支撑和隔热。

    Method for stretch forming sheet metal by pressing and the application of gas pressure
    6.
    发明授权
    Method for stretch forming sheet metal by pressing and the application of gas pressure 有权
    通过压制拉伸成形金属板和应用气压的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06886383B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-03

    申请号:US10287466

    申请日:2002-11-04

    IPC分类号: B21D26/02 B21D25/00

    摘要: A method is disclosed for forming sheet metal articles, such as automotive body panels, having significant curvatures in front-to-back and side-to-side directions. Opposing, complementary, preforming and final shape forming tools are used in a single press. A sheet of superplastically or quick plastically formable sheet metal alloy, heated to a forming temperature, is first stretched against the preform tool by the final shape tool to form a preform that has experienced most of the metal stretching required for the final part shape. The preform is removed from the preform tool and formed against the opposing, final shape tool with pressurized gas to obtain the final sheet metal part shape.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于形成诸如汽车车身板的金属板制品的方法,其具有在前后方向和左右方向上具有显着曲率的方法。 相反,互补,预成型和最终形状成型工具用于单一压机中。 首先通过最终形状工具将被加热至成形温度的超塑性或快速塑性成形的金属板合金片材拉伸成预成型工具,以形成最终部件形状所需的大部分金属拉伸的预制件。 将预成型件从预成型工具中取出并用加压气体抵靠相对的最终形状工具形成,以获得最终的钣金零件形状。

    Binder apparatus for sheet forming
    7.
    发明授权
    Binder apparatus for sheet forming 有权
    用于片材成型的粘合剂装置

    公开(公告)号:US07210323B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-01

    申请号:US10737501

    申请日:2003-12-16

    IPC分类号: B21D26/02 B21D25/00

    摘要: A forming apparatus and method for minimizing wrinkling in the forming of a three-dimensional component from a two-dimensional blank. The forming apparatus includes vertically opposed sets of tools or binders. A first tool or binder apparatus has first and second sets of opposed sides having contoured binder surfaces. A second tool or binder apparatus is mounted in vertically opposed relation to the first binder apparatus, and includes first and second sets of opposed tool or binder segments that have contoured binder surfaces thereon that are complementary in shape to the respective binder surfaces of the first and second sets of opposed sides of the first binder apparatus. One of the first and second sets of opposed binder segments of the second binder apparatus have substantially similar contours and the other have different contours. One of the first and second sets of opposed binder segments of the second binder apparatus is elevated and movable with respect to the other.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于最小化从二维毛坯形成三维部件的皱纹的成形装置和方法。 成形装置包括垂直相对的一组工具或粘合剂。 第一工具或粘合剂装置具有第一组和第二组具有轮廓的粘合剂表面的相对侧。 第二工具或粘合剂装置安装成与第一粘合剂装置垂直相对的关系,并且包括第一组和第二组相对的工具或粘合剂段,其具有在其上的轮廓的粘合剂表面,其形状与第一和第二粘合剂的相应的粘合剂表面互补 第一粘合剂装置的第二组相对侧。 第二粘合剂装置的第一组和第二组相对的粘合剂段具有基本相似的轮廓,另一组具有不同的轮廓。 第二粘合剂装置的第一组和第二组相对的粘合剂段中的一个升高并相对于另一个移动。

    Die cushion apparatus for hot stretch-forming
    8.
    发明授权
    Die cushion apparatus for hot stretch-forming 有权
    用于热拉伸成型的模具缓冲装置

    公开(公告)号:US07004007B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-28

    申请号:US10685256

    申请日:2003-10-14

    IPC分类号: B21J9/18

    摘要: A self-contained die cushion assembly for use in a stretch-forming process involving heated tooling. A lower plate is mounted below an upper plate that undergoes different thermal expansion than the lower plate. Guidance devices are mounted between the upper and lower plates and include a guide post, a bearing sleeve circumscribing the guide post, and a cylinder circumscribing the bearing sleeve. The guide post is mounted in fixed relation to the upper plate, and the cylinder is mounted in laterally translatable relation to the lower plate to accommodate lateral relative displacement between the upper and lower plates due to different thermal expansion thereof, thereby preventing binding of the guidance devices.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于涉及加热工具的拉伸成形过程中的独立模具衬垫组件。 下板安装在与下板不同的热膨胀的上板下方。 引导装置安装在上板和下板之间,并且包括引导柱,围绕导柱的轴承套和限定轴承套的气缸。 引导柱以固定的关系安装在上板上,并且气缸以相对于下板的横向平移的关系安装,以适应由于其不同的热膨胀而在上板和下板之间的侧向相对位移,从而防止引导 设备。

    Method for double action gas pressure forming sheet material
    9.
    发明授权
    Method for double action gas pressure forming sheet material 有权
    双作用气体压力成形片材的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06880377B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-04-19

    申请号:US10274493

    申请日:2002-10-17

    IPC分类号: B21D26/02 B21D25/00

    摘要: A method is disclosed for forming sheet metal articles, such as automotive body panels, having significant curvatures in front-to-back and side-to-side directions. Opposing, complementary, preforming and final shape forming tools are used in a single press. A sheet of superplastically or quick plastically formable sheet metal alloy, heated to a forming temperature, is first stretched against the preform tool using pressurized gas to form a preform that has experienced most of the metal stretching required for the final part shape. The preform is removed from the preform tool and formed against the opposing tool with pressurized gas to obtain the final sheet metal part shape.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于形成诸如汽车车身板的金属板制品的方法,其具有在前后方向和左右方向上具有显着曲率的方法。 相反,互补,预成型和最终形状成型工具用于单一压机中。 首先使用加压气体将加热到成形温度的超塑性或快速塑性成形的金属板合金片材拉伸成预成型工具,以形成已经经受了最终部件形状所需的大部分金属拉伸的预制件。 将预成型件从预成型工具中取出并用加压气体抵靠相对的工具形成,以获得最终的钣金零件形状。

    Automotive lower body component method of manufacture
    10.
    发明授权
    Automotive lower body component method of manufacture 失效
    汽车下半身制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US07310878B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-25

    申请号:US11066614

    申请日:2005-02-25

    摘要: A method for manufacturing a lower body component for a vehicle is provided including forming a one-piece floor pan at least partially defining a vehicle passenger compartment and substantially extending longitudinally at least the entire length thereof, and forming a one piece reinforcement structural member for reinforcing the pan. The method also includes simultaneously forming the pan and one-piece reinforcement structural member by stacking a pair of weldable sheet metal blanks sufficiently close together to define a comon interface, positioning the stacked blanks between moveable profile forming dies, heating the dies so that the blanks reach a superplastic forming temperature, and plastically deforming the stacked blanks into a lower body component having the profile of the dies. The method also includes friction stir welding of the stacked blanks at the common interface.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于制造车辆用下体部件的方法,其特征在于,包括形成至少部分地限定车辆乘客舱并且至少在其整个长度上基本上纵向延伸的一体式地板盘,并且形成一体式加强结构构件用于加强 锅 该方法还包括通过将一对可焊接的金属板坯充分靠在一起以形成共面界面,同时形成盘和一体式加强结构件,将堆叠的坯料定位在活动的型材成型模具之间,加热模具,使坯件 达到超塑性成形温度,并将堆叠的坯料塑性变形成具有模具轮廓的下部主体部件。 该方法还包括在公共接口处堆叠的坯料的摩擦搅拌焊接。