ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,651, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to DITEVEN LIMITED: (West Sussex, Great Britain).
"Method to operate a hydraulic press for metal sheet forming" was invented by George J.S. Adam (Coventry, Great Britain), Mark W. Brazier (Coventry, Great Britain) and Alistair D. Foster (Coventry, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is a process for forming a metal alloy component comprising: heating a metal alloy sheet blank to at least its Solution Heat Treatment temperature at a heating station; transferring the heated sheet blank to a press; initiating formation of a component by closing the press dies at a first speed the...