Magna International Inc.

Erryn Leigh Ashmore

Darren Andrew Womack

Warren Edward Young

Jeffrey Jay Mellis

Venugopal Garimella

Gianfranco Gabbianelli

Frank A Horton

Seetarama S Kotagiri

Gregory Paul Kiselis

Timothy Walter Skszek

Jeremiah John Brady

Edward Karl Steinebach

Mark Francis Werner

Edward Schleichert

Mark Justin Jones

Ryan Robert Warpup

Pascal P Charest

Eric deNijs

Sten Burris

Richard Lee Winfree

Dalip K Matharoo

Daniel Sulisz

Ying Zhang

DeWayne Dale Egle

Gary Banasiak

Darren A Womack

Tom Sanor

Dinesh Mahadevan

Arun Prasath Pandiyan

Paul James Marston

Kevin VanDenBrouck

James Arminski

Tracy Arnold Grant Taylor

Tarlok Singh Kainth

Miguel Merino

Armando Perez Cabrera

Singh Kainth Tarlok

Edward W Schleichert

Kevin Wandenbrouck

A multi-opening oven assembly for simultaneously heating a plurality of blanks, for example aluminum blanks, before forming the heated blanks in a production line is provided. The oven assembly includes vertically aligned shelves to present a plurality of chambers for heating the blanks. A table including an entry side platform and an exit side platform moves vertically along the oven assembly. A rail system extends along the platforms and the shelves to convey the blanks in and out of the chambers. Once one set of heated blanks is removed from a first chamber, the table moves vertically to a second chamber and is ready to receive the next set of heated blanks. A continuous supply of heated blanks is provided for high throughput. The oven assembly is preferably disposed in a press adjacent a forming station of an existing production line and thus, no additional floor space is required.

Aluminum warm forming multi-opening oven and production line

A vehicle bumper assembly includes a bumper beam and a crash box. At least one of the bumper beam or the crash box is cast from metal, such as aluminum or magnesium, to reduce weight, reduce manufacturing process steps, and improve performance characteristics of the bumper assembly. In an embodiment, both of the bumper beam and the crash box are cast from metal to establish an integral connection therebetween. One of the bumper beam or the crash box can be open along a top and bottom portion of the bumper assembly and include at least one reinforcing rib cast integral therewith. In an embodiment, both of the bumper beam and the crash box can be open along a top and bottom portion of the bumper assembly and each include at least one reinforcing rib cast integral therewith.

Cast bumper assembly and method of manufacturing same

A solar tracker and more specifically to a modular support assembly for a solar tracker that allows reduced assembly and transportation costs.

Modular solar support assembly

A hybrid torsion beam axle assembly is provided, which includes a steel torsion beam. An end cap is fastened to an end portion of the steel torsion beam, and a cast trailing arm is cast about the end portion of the steel torsion beam including the end cap. In this way, the cast trailing arm is positively and rigidly secured to the steel torsion beam.

Hybrid component

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Berkley, MI, United States of America

Erryn Leigh Ashmore