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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2013
Applicants:
Kiyoshi Nonomura, Nisshin, JP;
Koji Kurozumi, Obu, JP;
Koji Inoue, Aichi-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 31/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An incremental forming method includes pressing a rod-shaped tool into a workpiece and stretching the workpiece little by little while moving the rod-shaped tool so that a percentage of decrease in plate thickness of the workpiece after forming with respect to plate thickness of the workpiece before forming is made to be within a range of 35% to 40%, inclusive.