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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2008
Joseph Szuba, Dearborn, MI (US);
Rodney G. Whitbeck, Northville, MI (US);
Keith Hughes, Milford, MI (US);
Joseph Szuba, Dearborn, MI (US);
Rodney G. Whitbeck, Northville, MI (US);
Keith Hughes, Milford, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for forming a component includes forming a workpiece into a hollow preform cylinder concentric with an axis and including an inner surface that extends along the axis, placing within the preform cylinder a mandrel having an outer surface, flow-forming the inner surface and the outer surface of the preform cylinder such that the inner surface of the cylinder conforms to at least a portion of the outer surface of the mandrel, and cutting the flow formed cylinder transversely with respect to the axis into segments, each segment having an axial length.