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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, 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 26/12 (2006.01); B21D 26/02 (2011.01); B23H 7/06 (2006.01); B23H 7/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H 7/06 (2013.01); B23H 7/265 (2013.01); Y10S 72/707 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reinforcing a part formed from a sheet metal panel that has a predetermined area that requires reinforcement by forming a grid pattern of V-shaped channels in the predetermined area. The grid pattern may be formed by wire electrodes in an electro-hydraulic forming tool having a one-sided die. Alternatively, the grid pattern may be formed by a plurality of electrodes that are arranged in an array that is aligned in at least two directions on the opposite side of the part from the one-sided die.