US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on Feb. 17 for "Method for determining a pressure distribution of a molding tool device as well as reshaping apparatus and composite sheet metal component" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,978, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Method for determining a pressure distribution of a molding tool device as well as reshaping apparatus and composite sheet metal component" was invented by Lars Reichelt (Wolkenstein, Germany), Ronny Buehler (Neudenau-Siglingen, Germany) and Jonas Leubner (Loessnitz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for determining a pressure distribution of a molding tool device (1) for reshaping a sheet metal component (2). The pressure distribution represents a load on the sheet metal component (2) caused by reshaping in the molding tool devi...