Patents by Inventor Kenneth E. McKellar

Kenneth E. McKellar 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).

  • Warm forming process and apparatus for transverse bending of an extruded aluminum beam to warm form a vehicle structural component
    Patent number: 10835942
    Abstract: A method for warm forming an aluminum beam, such as an aluminum component for a vehicle, includes providing an extruded aluminum beam with a hollow cross-sectional shape. A portion of a forming die is heated to a desired temperature, so as to heat a portion of the aluminum beam in the die to a temperature below the artificial aging temperature of the aluminum beam. The heated aluminum beam is deformed to a desired shape with the die in a direction transverse to a length of the aluminum beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Shape Corp.
    Inventors: Helen Weykamp, Kenneth E. McKellar, David DeVries
  • WARM FORMING PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSVERSE BENDING OF AN EXTRUDED ALUMINUM BEAM TO WARM FORM A VEHICLE STRUCTURAL COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20180056352
    Abstract: A method for warm forming an aluminum beam, such as an aluminum component for a vehicle, includes providing an extruded aluminum beam with a hollow cross-sectional shape. A portion of a forming die is heated to a desired temperature, so as to heat a portion of the aluminum beam in the die to a temperature below the artificial aging temperature of the aluminum beam. The heated aluminum beam is deformed to a desired shape with the die in a direction transverse to a length of the aluminum beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Helen Weykamp, Kenneth E. McKellar, David DeVries