Method for producing a one-piece lock striker
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsThomas Waldmann, Frank Nieddu
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing a one-piece lock striker and to a lock striker produced according to said method. The lock striker (1) comprises a base plate (1) and a lock bracket (3). A metal starter blank (11) is formed into a lock striker by cold forming, in particular by cold upsetting. The starter blank (11) is substantially block-shaped or cylindrical and is formed in such a way that the lock striker (1) becomes strain-hardened.
Claims20
Method for production of one-piece lock striker (1) in particular for a motor vehicle lock, in which the lock striker (1) comprises a base plate (2) and a lock bracket (3) and in which the lock striker is formed from a metal starter blank (11) by cold forming, in particular cold upsetting, characterized in that, the starter blank (11) is substantially block shaped or cylindrical and is formed in such a way that the lock striker (1) becomes strain hardened.
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