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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Kiyohito Kondo, Paderborn, DE;
Martin Pohl, Altenbeken, DE;
Robert Stockter, Hannover, DE;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, Paderborn, DE;
Aisin Takaoka Co. Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 37/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermoforming press for forming and hardening metal sheets includes an upper die and a lower die. At least one of the upper and lower dies has a mold jaw and a support jaw which are movable relative to one another between a first position in which the support jaw rests against the mold jaw to block a flow of coolant between the mold jaw and the support jaw, and a second position in which the support jaw is spaced from the mold jaw by a distance to define a cooling gap for coolant to flow between the mold jaw and the support jaw.