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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Huntley Belk, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Om Prakash, Karnataka, IN;
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 31/00 (2006.01); B21D 37/16 (2006.01); B21D 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 31/005 (2013.01); B21D 35/006 (2013.01); B21D 37/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of making a sheet metal component from a tailored blank includes altering an initial blank formed from a first material to form the tailored blank by at least one of (i) coupling additional material to a portion of the first material, and (ii) removing the first material from a portion of the initial blank. The method also includes forming the sheet metal component from the tailored blank by an incremental sheet forming process.