Patents Assigned to Peter Amborn
  • Hydroforming process
    Patent number: 6067831
    Abstract: A hydroforming process for forming a component from an elongate tubular blank comprised of a deformable metal, the process including placing the blank in a die and sealing opposed ends of the tubular blank, heating the blank to a predetermined deformation temperature which is greater than 350.degree. C. but less than the melting point of the metal, supplying a gas at a predetermined pressure to the interior of the sealed tubular blank to cause deformation of said tubular blank at predetermined regions by drawing/stretching of the metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignees: GKN Sankey, Peter Amborn
    Inventors: Peter Amborn, Alexander Mark Duff