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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Gkn Aerospace Services Limited, East Cowes, GB;
Inventor:
Daniel Graham, East Cowes, GB;
Assignee:
GKN Aerospace Services Limited, Isle of Wight, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/16 (2006.01); B21D 53/92 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/16 (2013.01); B21D 53/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a component by applying a forming load to a blank of material against a mandrel, wherein the mandrel defines the shape of the component to be formed and applying a forming load as a combination of a localised force and localised friction heating.