GB2540306B - Value stream process for forming vehicle rails from extruded aluminum tubes - Google Patents

Value stream process for forming vehicle rails from extruded aluminum tubes Download PDF

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Publication number: GB2540306B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: extruded aluminum; aluminum tubes; stream process; value stream; forming vehicle
Prior art date: 2014-04-30
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Fee Related

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GB1618102.6A

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GB201618102D0 (en

GB2540306A (en

Inventor

Luckey George

John Hill David

Friedman Peter

John May Christopher

Kernosky Stephen

M Ilinich Andrey

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Ford Global Technologies LLC

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Ford Global Technologies LLC

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2014-04-30

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2014-06-16

Publication date

2020-07-15

2014-04-30 Priority claimed from US14/266,065 external-priority patent/US20150315666A1/en

2014-05-01 Priority claimed from US14/266,903 external-priority patent/US9709333B2/en

2014-05-16 Priority claimed from US14/279,808 external-priority patent/US9925577B2/en

2014-06-10 Priority claimed from US14/300,378 external-priority patent/US9545657B2/en

2014-06-16 Application filed by Ford Global Technologies LLC filed Critical Ford Global Technologies LLC

2016-12-07 Publication of GB201618102D0 publication Critical patent/GB201618102D0/en

2017-01-11 Publication of GB2540306A publication Critical patent/GB2540306A/en

2020-07-15 Application granted granted Critical

2020-07-15 Publication of GB2540306B publication Critical patent/GB2540306B/en

Status Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

2034-06-16 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D26/00—Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces
- B21D26/02—Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces by applying fluid pressure
- B21D26/033—Deforming tubular bodies
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D26/00—Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces
- B21D26/02—Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces by applying fluid pressure
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D9/00—Bending tubes using mandrels or the like
- B21D9/16—Auxiliary equipment, e.g. machines for filling tubes with sand
- B21D9/18—Auxiliary equipment, e.g. machines for filling tubes with sand for heating or cooling of bends

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
Shaping Metal By Deep-Drawing, Or The Like (AREA)
Extrusion Of Metal (AREA)
Bending Of Plates, Rods, And Pipes (AREA)

GB1618102.6A 2014-04-30 2014-06-16 Value stream process for forming vehicle rails from extruded aluminum tubes Expired - Fee Related GB2540306B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US14/266,065 US20150315666A1 (en)	2014-04-30	2014-04-30	Induction annealing as a method for expanded hydroformed tube formability
US14/266,903 US9709333B2 (en)	2014-05-01	2014-05-01	Multipurpose rack for processing parts through multiple manufacturing processes
US14/279,808 US9925577B2 (en)	2014-05-16	2014-05-16	Rotary-draw bending mandrel with galling-resistive inserts
US14/300,378 US9545657B2 (en)	2014-06-10	2014-06-10	Method of hydroforming an extruded aluminum tube with a flat nose corner radius
PCT/US2014/042449 WO2015167588A1 (en)	2014-04-30	2014-06-16	Value stream process for forming vehicle rails from extruded aluminum tubes

Publications (3)

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GB201618102D0 GB201618102D0 (en)	2016-12-07
GB2540306A GB2540306A (en)	2017-01-11
GB2540306B true GB2540306B (en)	2020-07-15

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GB1618102.6A Expired - Fee Related GB2540306B (en)	2014-04-30	2014-06-16	Value stream process for forming vehicle rails from extruded aluminum tubes

Country Status (5)

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CN (1)	CN106794503B (en)
DE (1)	DE112014006624B4 (en)
GB (1)	GB2540306B (en)
RU (1)	RU2685318C2 (en)
WO (1)	WO2015167588A1 (en)

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- 2014-06-16 WO PCT/US2014/042449 patent/WO2015167588A1/en active Application Filing
- 2014-06-16 GB GB1618102.6A patent/GB2540306B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2014-06-16 CN CN201480078630.9A patent/CN106794503B/en active Active
- 2014-06-16 RU RU2016145425A patent/RU2685318C2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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GB201618102D0 (en)	2016-12-07
RU2016145425A3 (en)	2018-05-30
CN106794503A (en)	2017-05-31
DE112014006624T5 (en)	2017-02-09
GB2540306A (en)	2017-01-11
RU2685318C2 (en)	2019-04-17
RU2016145425A (en)	2018-05-30
DE112014006624B4 (en)	2022-02-10
CN106794503B (en)	2019-07-19
WO2015167588A1 (en)	2015-11-05

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2024-02-28	PCNP	Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee	Effective date: 20230616