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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2003
Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Andrei Viktorovich Vlassov, Moscow, RU;
Sergey Sergeyevich Kolesov, Dearborn, MI (US);
Vladimir Grigorievich Kondratenko, Moscow, RU;
Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Andrei Viktorovich Vlassov, Moscow, RU;
Sergey Sergeyevich Kolesov, Dearborn, MI (US);
Vladimir Grigorievich Kondratenko, Moscow, RU;
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and tool for forming a hem flange. A larger radius bend is initially formed when a pre-hem flange is formed. A sharper radius bend is subsequently formed when the flange is formed. After the flange is formed, conventional hem forming methods and tools may be used to complete formation of a hem that may be used to join inner and outer panels.