Patents by Inventor Francisco Larrucea De La Rica

Francisco Larrucea De La Rica has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11311929
    Abstract: A device for lightening the weight of vehicle components includes a tooling provided with a seat wherein the component is formed and a plurality of moveable bodies, which are moveable between an initial position and a final position, such that in the final position one end of each moveable body penetrates the seat of the tooling to form a cavity to lighten the weight of a component of the vehicle, wherein at least one of the moveable bodies can move laterally. Such device allows lightening the weight in a more simple and productive way than in currently known systems. This is achieved because the moveable bodies do not interfere with each other during the movement thereof, such that the lightening process can be done in a single blow during a forging procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CIE Automotive, S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Larrucea De La Rica, Virginia Manso Rodríguez
  • Patent number: 11103916
    Abstract: A swaging device includes a top die and a bottom die that can move in a vertical direction between an open position and a closed position. Each die includes an inclined surface, and the device further includes swaging elements each having a complementary inclined surface that is in contact with the inclined surface of each die, both in the open position and in the closed position. The swaging elements are arranged opposite one another such that in at least any position other than the open position, they are in contact by certain non-inclined surfaces opposite the complementary inclined surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: CIE Automotive, S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Larrucea De La Rica, Virginia Manso Rodríguez
  • Publication number: 20200038939
    Abstract: A device for lightening the weight of vehicle components includes a tooling provided with a seat wherein the component is formed and a plurality of moveable bodies, which are moveable between an initial position and a final position, such that in the final position one end of each moveable body penetrates the seat of the tooling to form a cavity to lighten the weight of a component of the vehicle, wherein at least one of the moveable bodies can move laterally. Such device allows lightening the weight in a more simple and productive way than in currently known systems. This is achieved because the moveable bodies do not interfere with each other during the movement thereof, such that the lightening process can be done in a single blow during a forging procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Francisco Larrucea De La Rica, Virginia Manso Rodríguez
  • Publication number: 20190134698
    Abstract: A swaging device includes a top die and a bottom die that can move in a vertical direction between an open position and a closed position. Each die includes an inclined surface, and the device further includes swaging elements each having a complementary inclined surface that is in contact with the inclined surface of each die, both in the open position and in the closed position. The swaging elements are arranged opposite one another such that in at least any position other than the open position, they are in contact by certain non-inclined surfaces opposite the complementary inclined surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Francisco Larrucea De La Rica, Virginia Manso Rodríguez