Patents by Inventor Monty Lynn HANSEN

Monty Lynn HANSEN 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).

  • Hot die forming assembly and method of making a heat treated part
    Patent number: 9636735
    Abstract: A method of making a part is provided. A blank is loaded into a die assembly having a pair of shoes with forming pieces attached thereto and compressible members sandwiched between the shoes and the forming pieces. The die is closed about the blank to deform the blank into a part. The die is then opened by a predetermined distance while at least one of the compressible members deforms elastically to maintain contact between at least one of the forming pieces and the part. Less than the entire surface of the part is then conductively cooled through the at least one forming piece to provide a predetermined portion of the part with a predetermined microstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Magna International Inc.
    Inventors: Monty Lynn Hansen, James Donald Metz
  • HOT DIE FORMING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKIG A HEAT TREATED PART
    Publication number: 20160001342
    Abstract: A method of making a part is provided. A blank is loaded into a die assembly having a pair of shoes with forming pieces attached thereto and compressible members sandwiched between the shoes and the forming pieces. The die is closed about the blank to deform the blank into a part. The die is then opened by a predetermined distance while at least one of the compressible members deforms elastically to maintain contact between at least one of the forming pieces and the part. Less than the entire surface of the part is then conductively cooled through the at least one forming piece to provide a predetermined portion of the part with a predetermined microstructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Monty Lynn HANSEN, James Donald METZ