Patent ID: 8056384

Claim:
A method for shaping a sheet metal using a die, the sheet metal after shaping having at least a minor structure, and a basically rotational symmetrically main structure, the method comprising: stamping a minor structure into a flat sheet metal defining a first plane in a minor structure stamp direction; stamping a main structure in a main structure stamp direction after the stamping of the minor structure, so that at least part of the minor structure is moved out of the first plane so as to form a torque converter part, at least a portion of the sheet metal not currently being shaped being clamped by at least part of the die during shaping of another portion; and swaging the sheet metal, after the step of shaping another portion of the sheet metal, at least one region of the sheet metal extending axially with aid of a shaping die by pressing on at least one end face of the sheet metal.