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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2012
Applicants:
Kevin T. Slattery, Saint Charles, MO (US);
James B. Castle, Saint Charles, MO (US);
Christopher S. Huskamp, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Kevin T. Slattery, Saint Charles, MO (US);
James B. Castle, Saint Charles, MO (US);
Christopher S. Huskamp, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/00 (2006.01); B21D 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Any of various features of a workpiece are forged by a common set of tools. The feature is incrementally forged as the tool set is moved to successive forging locations on the surface of the workpiece. One of the tools is used to plasticize and extrude a portion of the workpiece while one or more of the other tools are used to form dams that contain and shape the extruded portions.