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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2010
Hideki Fuchino, Aikoh-gun, JP;
Hidenori Inoue, Aikoh-gun, JP;
Hideki Fuchino, Aikoh-gun, JP;
Hidenori Inoue, Aikoh-gun, JP;
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A method of cutting a laminated materialA made of at least first and second plates that are laid one on another and fixed together includes holding the laminated materialA between a padand a clamp base, so that an edgeof the first plateis positioned between an edgeof the padand an edgeof the clamp base; and cutting a protrusion of the second plateprotruding from the edgeof the first plateby moving a punchalong the padin a direction from the second platetoward the first plateand by using the first plateas a die to cut the protrusion of the second plate. The method is capable of precisely cutting the protrusion of the second plateprotruding from the edgeof the first platethrough a reduced number of processes.