Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Forming die with reverse bead geometry
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Application No.: US17194505Application Date: 2021-03-08
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Publication No.: US11766709B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Evangelos Liasi , Liang Huang , Feng Ren , Andrey M. Ilinich , Yuan Gan , S. George Luckey, Jr.
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Burris Law, PLLC
- Main IPC: B21D24/04
- IPC: B21D24/04 ; B21D37/10

Abstract:
A forming die includes a first die component with a male bead and a second die component with a female bead. The male bead and the female bead form a bead with a reverse bead geometry with the male bead having a groove and the female bead having a protrusion complimentary with the groove such that the protrusion is aligned with the groove when the male bead extends into the female bead. The male bead includes a push surface, a pair of sidewalls extending from the push surface to a main surface of the first die component, and the groove extends inwardly into the rib. And the female bead includes a stop surface and a pair of sidewalls extending from the stop surface to a main surface of the second die component, and the protrusion extends outwardly from the stop surface into the female bead.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220280994A1 FORMING DIE WITH REVERSE BEAD GEOMETRY Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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