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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Michael D. Hanna, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Stephen R. Koshorek, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Michael D. Hanna, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Stephen R. Koshorek, Royal Oak, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Small sheet metal reinforcement pieces are co-formed with a larger sheet metal part during a hot stretch forming against a heated forming tool surface. Locator holes are made in blanks for the reinforcing pieces so they can be precisely located on locator pins in the forming surface where the reinforcing pieces are ultimately to be attached to the formed sheet part. A preheated blank of the larger part is stretched against the trapped reinforcement blanks and both the part and reinforcing pieces are shaped against the hot tool. The part and reinforcing pieces are removed and cooled, and the closely fitting reinforcing pieces attached to the part at a suitable later time.