IP Library Granted Patent US 6,955,070
Granted Patent B2
US 6,955,070 · App. 10/873,645 · Granted Oct 18, 2005

Device for punching work pieces in an internal high-pressure forming tool

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Patent No.
US 6,955,070
App. No.
10/873,645
Granted
Oct 18, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for punching work pieces in an internal high-pressure forming tool includes a punching die guided displaceably in a bore of the forming tool. The device also contains a drive with which the punching die is moved back and forth between the in-use position and the non-use position. In order to facilitate, in a simple and space-saving manner, the punching of work pieces in the internal high-pressure forming tool, the drive contains a pressure fluid and a pressure transfer device that can be elastically expanded via the pressure fluid between a base firmly attached to the tool and a punch head of the punching die. The pressure transfer device abuts a partition at least indirectly at the punch head.

Claims (25)

1. A device for punching work pieces in an internal high-pressure forming tool comprising:

a punching die that is guided displaceably in a bore, and

a drive with which the punching die can be moved back and forth between an in-use position and a non-use position,

wherein the drive includes a pressure fluid and a pressure transfer device that is elastically expandable via the pressure fluid between a base firmly attached to the tool and a punch head of the punching die, and

wherein the pressure transfer device has a partition which at least indirectly abuts the punch head.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the punching die is equipped with a compression spring that is supported on one side by a bottom of the punch head and on another side by a section of a first stepped expansion of the bore.

3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the punch head and the pressure transfer device are located within a second stepped expansion of the bore.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the second stepped expansion is intersected by a channel that runs transverse to the expansion and in which the pressure transfer device extends.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the base is formed by a locking plate which is fastened to the forming tool and covers at least one of the channel and the expansion.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the pressure transfer device is hollow and is connected at least at one end to a controllable high pressure generating system that contains the pressure fluid.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the pressure transfer device is designed in a tube shape.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure transfer device is a membrane which is fastened to the base, and wherein a channel-shaped fluid pipeline is integrated into the forming tool via which the membrane is energized in a controlled fashion with the pressure fluid.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure transfer device abuts the punch head directly with its partition.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure transfer device is accommodated in a rigid guide rail that rests on the punch head and is located in the bore with only little tolerance.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the guide rail is larger than a surface of the punch head.

12. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure transfer device is accommodated in a rigid guide rail that forms the punch head and is located in the bore with only little tolerance.

13. The device according to claim 12 , wherein a punch shaft of the punching die is detachably fastened to the guide rail.

14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a pressure fluid supply for driving the punching die is coupled fluidically with a fluid high pressure generating system for production of an internal high pressure that forms the work piece.

15. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the pressure transfer device abuts the punch head directly with its partition.

16. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the pressure transfer device abuts the punch head directly with its partition.

17. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the pressure transfer device is accommodated in a rigid guide rail that rests on the punch head and is located in the bore with only little tolerance.

18. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the pressure transfer device is accommodated in a rigid guide rail that rests on the punch head and is located in the bore with only little tolerance.

19. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the guide rail is larger than a surface of the punch head.

20. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the guide rail is larger than a surface of the punch head.

21. A process of operating a device for punching work pieces in an internal high-pressure forming tool comprising guiding a punching die displaceably in a bore while moving the punching die back and forth between an in-use position and a non-use position by way of a pressure fluid and a pressure transfer device that is elastically expandable via the pressure fluid between a base firmly attached to the tool and a punch head of the punching die and that has a partition which at least indirectly abuts the punch head.

Assignments (1)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NO. 10/567,810 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 020976 FRAME 0889. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jul 1, 2020
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
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