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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
May. 05, 2008
Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Alan John Gillard, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
Douglas Piccard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrey M. Ilinich, Dearborn, MI (US);
Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Alan John Gillard, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
Douglas Piccard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrey M. Ilinich, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An electrohydraulic forming (EHF) tool and a method of forming a sheet metal blank in an EHF operation. The tool may include a pair of electrodes and may be filled with a liquid. A high voltage discharge may be produced between the electrodes in a manner that induces a shockwave within the fluid. The shockwave may produce sufficient force within the liquid to form the blank against a die.