Patent ID: 7748743
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: B21D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making a structural or chassis component for a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of: providing a blank with at least one material supply; placing the blank in a press tool such that at least one outer region of the blank confronts a buttress of the press tool; and operating the press tool to press the outer region against the buttress and to force the material supply into the outer region and outwards into a recess of the press tool to produce a structural or chassis component, wherein the outer region is shaped by the press tool to form a bead, wherein the providing step involves the step of shaping the material supply with an undulated configuration along the outer region at a distance to an outer edge, said operating step including the step of flattening the material supply to displace material in a direction of the outer edge to form the bead.