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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2004
George Luckey, Jr., Dearborn, MI (US);
Peter Friedman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard Allor, Livonia, MI (US);
Warren Copple, Trenton, MI (US);
George Luckey, Jr., Dearborn, MI (US);
Peter Friedman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard Allor, Livonia, MI (US);
Warren Copple, Trenton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for removing a part from a forming tool and supporting the part. The apparatus includes a support member having a surface contoured to conform to a formed shape of the part and an aperture disposed in the surface. A manipulator moves the support member near the part while the part contacts the forming tool. Pressurized gas is directed toward the part to cause the release of the part from the forming tool and to cool the part. The surface supports the part to inhibit distortion as the part cools.
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