Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flange forming device and method of forming a flange on a sheet metal part to reduce surface distortion
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Application No.: US17737414Application Date: 2022-05-05
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Publication No.: US11992870B2Publication Date: 2024-05-28
- Inventor: Christian Richard Genereux , Robert Vaughn Degenhardt , Philip Trinh
- Applicant: Ford Motor Company
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Motor Company
- Current Assignee: Ford Motor Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Burris Law, PLLC
- The original application number of the division: US16026653 2018.07.03
- Main IPC: B21D39/02
- IPC: B21D39/02 ; B21D5/04 ; B21D19/04 ; B21D19/08 ; B21D37/04 ; B62D25/16

Abstract:
A method of forming a vehicle panel includes deforming a sheet metal workpiece between stamping tools to form a first and second edges that converge at a corner of the workpiece's main surface. The first edge is defined by a junction of the main surface and a first flange. The second edge is defined the main surface and a second flange. Forming the first and second edges includes deforming the workpiece so that the second flange has a first region bent to a first angle relative to the main surface and an unwinding region bent to an angle that unwinds from the first region as the second flange approaches the corner. The method includes deforming the workpiece between a second set of stamping tools that deform the first flange and the unwinding region of the second flange until the first and second flanges are bent greater than 90°.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220258224A1 FLANGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING A FLANGE ON A SHEET METAL PART TO REDUCE SURFACE DISTORTION Public/Granted day:2022-08-18
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