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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
John Joseph Francis Bonnen, Milford, MI (US);
Inventors:
Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
John Joseph Francis Bonnen, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electro-hydraulic forming tool for forming a sheet metal blank in a one-sided die has first and second rigid rings that engage opposite sides of a sheet metal blank. The rigid rings are contained within slots on a die portion and a hydraulic force applicator portion of the forming tool. The seals are either resiliently biased by an elastomeric member or inherently resiliently biased into contact with the blank.