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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Boris Bevc, Munich, DE;
Philipp Craighero, Freising, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B30B 1/42 (2006.01); F15B 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B30B 1/42 (2013.01); F15B 21/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pressure pin of a press, in particular a forming press, for transferring a force to a tool component of the press includes a pin body, a sensor element arranged in the pin body for measuring a force which can be transferred via the pressure pin, and an actuator unit arranged in the pin body which has a functional body made of an adaptive material. The adaptive material is designed such that the rheological properties thereof and/or the length thereof and/or the volume thereof can be selectively modified as a function of an electrical and/or magnetic field.