# US 9,433,990 B2 · Cushion pin device for press

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- Number: US 9,433,990 B2
- Document ID: US9433990B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/220,852
- Filed: 2014-03-20
- Published: 2015-03-05
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-09-05
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company
- Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company
- Inventors: Ju Young Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9433990B2

## CPC

- B21D 24/08: Pneumatically or hydraulically loaded blank holders
- B21D 24/02: Die-cushions
- B21D 24/14: pneumatically or hydraulically
- B30B 15/061: {Cushion plates}
- B21D: WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL (working or processing of wire B21F)
- B30B: PRESSES IN GENERAL (producing ultra-high pressure or ultra-high pressure and high temperature to effect modifications of a substance, e.g. for making artificial diamonds B01J3/00 ){(compressing means for refuse receptacles B65F1/1405)}

## Abstract

A cushion pin device for a press having a cushion pad in which a blank holder is seated on the top thereof outside a lower mold, and locks a blank holder to an upper mold while pressurizing an edge of a molded panel, includes: a cushion support disposed below the cushion pad, a cushion cylinder connected with a lower part of the cushion pad to move up or down the cushion pad from the cushion support, a linear scale mounted between the cushion pad and the cushion support to measure the position of the cushion pad, a main pressure control unit that keeps internal pressure of each cushion cylinder similarly, and a sub pressure control unit that is interconnected with the main pressure control unit so as to control the locking position of the cushion pad when each cushion cylinder operates.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cushion pin device for a press which includes a cushion pad in which a blank holder is seated on a top thereof outside a lower mold, and locks a blank holder to an upper mold while pressurizing an edge of a molded panel so as to generate blank holding force through the blank holder, the device comprising:
a cushion support disposed below the cushion pad;
cushion cylinders mounted on a lower part of the cushion pad to move up or down the cushion pad from the cushion support, while an operating rod thereof penetrates the cushion support on both lower sides of the cushion support;
a linear scale mounted between the cushion pad and the cushion support so as to measure a position of the cushion pad which is operated by an operation of the cushion cylinders;
main pressure control units, each of which is configured to keep internal pressure of each cushion cylinder of the cushion cylinders similarly so that the each cushion cylinder of the cushion cylinders operate simultaneously when the cushion cylinders for lock holding and locking move-up of the cushion pad operate; and
a sub pressure control unit interconnected with the main pressure control units and cushion cylinders so as to control locking position of the cushion pad when the each cushion cylinder of the cushion cylinders operates,
wherein the main pressure control unit includes:
main logic valves, each of which is mounted on an upper side of a corresponding cushion cylinder;
a main pressure conformity pipe that is mounted by connecting the main logic valves to each other and in which working fluids supplied to the each cushion cylinder of the cushion cylinders selectively flow through the main pressure conformity pipe by operation of the main logic valves respectively, and
wherein the sub pressure control unit includes:
a sub logic valve installed on the main pressure conformity pipe, wherein the sub logic valve is separately installed from the main logic valves; and
a sub pressure adjustment pipe separately installed from the main pressure conformity pipe and configured to selectively discharge the working fluid flowing into the sub logic valve from the main pressure conformity pipe to relief pipes to control a flow rate of the working fluid in the main pressure conformity pipe.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein
each relief pipe of the relief pipes is mounted by connecting one lower side of the corresponding cushion cylinder and one side of a corresponding main logic valve so as to return remaining working fluids of the corresponding main logic valve to the corresponding cushion cylinder.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The device of claim 2, wherein the each relief pipe is configured to return the working fluid that flows into the corresponding main logic valve to the corresponding cushion cylinder when the working fluid that flows into the corresponding main logic valve is equal to or higher than a preset pressure while keeping each cushion cylinder at a same pressure as each other through the main pressure conformity pipe.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the sub pressure adjustment pipe is connected to the each relief pipe of the relief pipes provided in the each cushion cylinder of the cushion cylinders at both sides of the sub logic valve.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the sub pressure control unit is operated by a measurement value measured from the linear scale.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein support cylinders that support both sides of the cushion pad which moves up from the cushion support are mounted on both lower sides of the cushion support, respectively.