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US 11,155,068 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing a lightweight laminate
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsAndrey M. Ilinich, Alexander Mamutov, S. George Luckey, Jr., David John Hill, Jason Scott Balzer
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Abstract
A method of producing a laminated article comprising placing a first metal skin, a core, and a second metal skin freely onto each other as discreet layers to provide a layered component; and forming the layered component into a shaped article via a die prior to producing a laminated article by applying pressure and heat to the shaped article, wherein at least the first skin moves relative to the core and/or second skin during the forming.
Claims9
A method of producing a laminated article comprising:
- placing a first metal skin, a core, and a second metal skin freely onto each other as discreet layers to provide a layered component;
- establishing a connection between the first metal skin, the core, and the second metal skin of the layered component, and prior to the forming, removing the connection;
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- forming the layered component into a shaped article via a die prior to producing a laminated article by applying pressure and heat to the shaped article,
- wherein at least the first skin moves relative to the core and/or second skin during the forming.
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