US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Feb. 10 for "Fold forming tool, fold forming device, method for producing a folded/bonded connection, and vehicle with folded/bonded connection" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,822, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Fold forming tool, fold forming device, method for producing a folded/bonded connection, and vehicle with folded/bonded connection" was invented by Stefan Leinweber (Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fold forming tool has a main body with a longitudinal axis and an active surface which is configured to fold over a flange, bent over from a metal sheet, onto the metal sheet by way of movement of the fold forming tool in the direction of the longitudinal axis along the flange in a working direction. The active surface extends in...