Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for calibrating and lightening the weight of crankshafts
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Application No.: US16303978Application Date: 2016-05-24
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Publication No.: US11311929B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Francisco Larrucea De La Rica , Virginia Manso Rodríguez
- Applicant: CIE Automotive, S.A.
- Applicant Address: ES Bilbao
- Assignee: CIE Automotive, S.A.
- Current Assignee: CIE Automotive, S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Bilbao
- Agency: Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Ondersma LLP
- International Application: PCT/ES2016/070391 WO 20160524
- International Announcement: WO2017/203066 WO 20171130
- Main IPC: B21J5/02
- IPC: B21J5/02 ; B21J13/02 ; B21K1/08 ; F16C3/08

Abstract:
A device for lightening the weight of vehicle components includes a tooling provided with a seat wherein the component is formed and a plurality of moveable bodies, which are moveable between an initial position and a final position, such that in the final position one end of each moveable body penetrates the seat of the tooling to form a cavity to lighten the weight of a component of the vehicle, wherein at least one of the moveable bodies can move laterally. Such device allows lightening the weight in a more simple and productive way than in currently known systems. This is achieved because the moveable bodies do not interfere with each other during the movement thereof, such that the lightening process can be done in a single blow during a forging procedure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200038939A1 DEVICE FOR LIGHTENING THE WEIGHT OF VEHICLE COMPONENTS Public/Granted day:2020-02-06
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