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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Andrey M. Ilinich, Dearborn, MI (US);
S. George Luckey, Jr., Dearborn, MI (US);
Stephen Kernosky, Livonia, MI (US);
Feng Ren, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 9/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 9/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
A galling-resistive insert is positioned on an outer surface of a mandrel assembly. The insert is secured at the outer surface of the mandrel assembly and functions to reduce galling of an inner surface of a tubular blank during a rotary-draw bending operation.