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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Raphael Koch, Odenthal, DE;
Maik Broda, Würselen, DE;
Ferat Oezkan, Übach-Palenberg, DE;
Ilya Popov, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 37/16 (2005.12); B21D 37/20 (2005.12); B22D 17/22 (2005.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 37/16 (2012.12); B21D 37/20 (2012.12); B22D 17/22 (2012.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.11);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a tool part of a forming tool. The method includes forming a tool element of the tool part having a shape-imparting operating face and at least one first cooling duct for cooling a liquid using an additive manufacturing machine. The first cooling duct has at least one rectifier portion including a blocking direction and an opposing passing direction. The blocking direction has a higher flow resistance to cooling liquid than the passing direction.