Embossing Stamp, Pressing Tool and Method for Marking a Motor Vehicle Component
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorBernhard GLUECK
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Abstract
An embossing stamp for embossing an identifying mark on a motor vehicle component includes an embossing wheel assembly. The embossing wheel assembly can be set individually for the motor vehicle component being embossed depending on the identifying mark to be stamped. The embossing wheel assembly includes a negative representation of the identifying mark to be stamped. A transmission device is provided to transmit an identification signal characterizing the embossed identifying mark and the motor vehicle component marked with the identifying mark to a computer device external to the embossing stamp.
Claims11
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An embossing stamp for embossing an identifying mark on a motor vehicle component, comprising:
- an embossing wheel assembly configured to be set individually for the motor vehicle component to be embossed depending on the identifying mark to be stamped, wherein
- the embossing wheel assembly includes a negative representation of the identifying mark to be stamped, and
- a transmission device configured to provide an identification signal characterizing the stamped identifying mark to a computing device external to the embossing stamp.
A method for identifying a motor vehicle component, comprising:
- forming and/or processing a motor vehicle component in a pressing tool;
- embossing the motor vehicle component with an identifying mark using an embossing stamp during the forming and/or processing in the pressing tool;
- providing, using the embossing stamp, the embossed identifying mark to a computing device external to the embossing stamp, and
- storing the stamped identifying mark in a memory of the computing device in a manner associated with the embossed motor vehicle component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.