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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Richard Murray Kleber, Clarkston, MI (US);
Donald L. Kenyon, Sunfield, MI (US);
Verril J. Gamet, Diamondale, MI (US);
Richard Murray Kleber, Clarkston, MI (US);
Donald L. Kenyon, Sunfield, MI (US);
Verril J. Gamet, Diamondale, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A blank positioning and guide construction which includes guide pin slotting that effects the accurate positioning of the sheet on the forming die and guide pin thereof and which provides for the enlargement of the guide pin slot by the predetermined deformation of portion of the sheet at a predetermined bend line adjacent to the guide pin slot to eliminate adherence of the part to the pin so that the part can be ejected from the die without detrimental part distortion of the part.