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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Raj Sohmshetty, Canton, MI (US);
Constantin Chiriac, Windsor, CA;
James Engle, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Peter A. Friedman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/02 (2006.01); C21D 1/18 (2006.01); C21D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/022 (2013.01); C21D 1/18 (2013.01); C21D 11/005 (2013.01); C21D 2211/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller alters a cycle time of a die arrangement, configured to hot stamp metal into components and having an active cooling system, based on an amount of heat transferred from the components to the active cooling system such that a grain structure of the components transitions from an austenitic state to a martensitic state.