US 12,104,238 B2
High strength aluminum stamping
Edward K. Steinebach, Oak Ridge, TN (US); Mark Justin Jones, Knoxville, TN (US); Jeremiah John Brady, Knoxville, TN (US); Kenneth Ray Adams, Troy, MI (US); and Gerard M. Ludtka, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Assigned to MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC., Aurora (CA)
Filed by MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC., Aurora (CA)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/070,159.
Application 16/988,836 is a division of application No. 15/113,821, granted, now 10,774,408, previously published as PCT/US2015/012588, filed on Jan. 23, 2015.
Application 18/070,159 is a continuation of application No. 16/988,836, filed on Aug. 10, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/931,254, filed on Jan. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0088978 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C22F 1/04 (2006.01); B21D 22/02 (2006.01); C22F 1/05 (2006.01); C21D 1/673 (2006.01)
CPC C22F 1/04 (2013.01) [B21D 22/022 (2013.01); C22F 1/05 (2013.01); C21D 1/673 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a component for use in a vehicle, comprising:
heating a solution heat treated and tempered blank formed of an aluminum alloy to a temperature of 150° C. to 350° C., holding the blank at the temperature of 150° C. to 350° C. for 2 to 6 minutes, and forming the heated blank while the blank is still heated and at a temperature of at least 150° C.