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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Nicholas Dornik, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/00 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01); B23K 103/04 (2006.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/1205 (2013.01); B23K 2101/006 (2018.08); B23K 2103/04 (2018.08); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08);
Abstract
A system for forming a vehicle component includes a first metal sheet having an aperture, a second metal sheet contacting a lower surface of the first metal sheet, an anvil supporting the first and second metal sheets beneath the aperture, and a press bit disposed above the aperture.