Patent ID: 7998289

Claim:
A method of producing a press-hardened metallic shaped part, comprising the following method steps: (I)—providing a sheet blank of a hot-workable steel sheet; (II)—cold forming a part blank ( 10 ) having a three-dimensional shape and outer contour corresponding approximately to that of the finished product from the sheet blank ( 2 ); (III)—trimming the part blank ( 10 ) at the margins to a marginal contour ( 12 ′) approximately corresponding to the part ( 1 ) to be produced; (IV)—heating and press-hardening the trimmed part blank ( 17 ) in a hot-forming tool ( 23 ); and (V)—final shaping the heated product of step (IV) and rapidly cooling the trimmed part blank ( 17 ) in a hot-forming tool ( 23 ) to set the material structure.