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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Vijitha Senaka Kiridena, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Zhiyong Cedric Xia, Canton, MI (US);
Inventors:
Vijitha Senaka Kiridena, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Zhiyong Cedric Xia, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/00 (2006.01); B25B 1/20 (2006.01); B25B 1/06 (2006.01); E04H 15/36 (2006.01); E04H 15/34 (2006.01); E04C 2/42 (2006.01); B21D 31/00 (2006.01); B21D 43/00 (2006.01); B23Q 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 31/005 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49959 (2013.01); B21D 43/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
An incremental forming machine binder is provided that has a blank holding opening that may be subdivided into smaller blank holding openings. The opening is subdivided by one or more clamping modules that are connected by connecting modules to each other and the frame. Clamps are attached to the clamping modules to clamp blanks in the blank holding openings. Multiple blanks may be secured to the binder for incremental forming.