Patents by Inventor Marc Foresi

Marc Foresi 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).

  • Method of forming hemming tool
    Patent number: 9443040
    Abstract: A method of forming a hemming tool includes providing a computer generated model of a panel including a flange in an unhemmed position and of a hemming tool including a hemming surface. Hemming the flange with the hemming tool is virtually simulated in the computer generated model. At least one non-conformity is identified along the flange in the computer generated model after virtually simulating hemming. The computer generated model is then modified to a modified computer generated model by adjusting the flange to change the at least one defect. Hemming the flange in the unhemmed position with the hemming tool is then virtually simulated in the modified computer generated model in the modified computer generated model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Karthik Viswanathan, Evangelos Liasi, Marc Foresi, Roger Petrey, Joseph Haynes
  • METHOD OF FORMING HEMMING TOOL
    Publication number: 20160196361
    Abstract: A method of forming a hemming tool includes providing a computer generated model of a panel including a flange in an unhemmed position and of a hemming tool including a hemming surface. Hemming the flange with the hemming tool is virtually simulated in the computer generated model. At least one non-conformity is identified along the flange in the computer generated model after virtually simulating hemming. The computer generated model is then modified to a modified computer generated model by adjusting the flange to change the at least one defect. Hemming the flange in the unhemmed position with the hemming tool is then virtually simulated in the modified computer generated model in the modified computer generated model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Karthik Viswanathan, Evangelos Liasi, Marc Foresi, Roger Petrey, Joseph Haynes