Press-formed product, automobile structural member including the same, production method and production device for the press-formed product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10023246-B2
Application number	US-201515301734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 20, 2015
Priority date	Apr 9, 2014
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

A bulkhead, which is a press-formed product, includes a top plate part, side flange parts and corner flange parts. The side flange parts each extend from respective sides of the top plate part. The corner flange parts each extend from respective corner parts of the top plate part. The corner flange part connects the side flange parts to each other. In the corner flange part, a part having a minimum value of plate thickness is present in a central portion in a circumferential direction, and parts having a maximum value of the plate thickness are present on both sides thereof. A ratio of the maximum value and the minimum value is in a range of more than 1.0 to 1.6 or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A press-formed product formed from a steel plate,
the press-formed product, comprising:
a top plate part; and
flange parts each extending from some or all of sides constituting an outline of the top plate part,
wherein a corner flange part extends from a corner part connecting, among the sides of the top plate part, at least a pair of the sides which are adjacent to each other and from which the flange parts extend,
the flange parts each extending from the pair of the sides are connected to each other via the corner flange part, and
in the corner flange part,
a central portion of the corner flange part has a minimum value of plate thickness in a direction along a circumferential direction of the corner part of the top plate part,
portions of the corner flange part on both sides of the central portion have a maximum value of the plate thickness, and
a ratio of the maximum value and the minimum value is in a range of more than 1.0 to 1.6 or less.

2. The press-formed product according to claim 1 ,
wherein a radius of curvature of the corner flange part is 30 mm or less.

3. The press-formed product according to claim 1 ,
wherein a width of at least a part of the flange parts is 10 mm or more.

4. The press-formed product according to claim 1 ,
wherein tensile strength of the press-formed product is 440 MPa or more.

5. An automobile structural member that is a hollow structural member constituting an automobile body,
the automobile structural member comprising therein the press-formed product according to claim 1 as a reinforcing member, wherein
the flange parts are joined to the automobile structural member.

6. A production method for producing a press-formed product from a blank of a steel plate,
wherein the press-formed product comprises
a top plate part,
flange parts each extending from some or all of sides constituting an outline of the top plate part, and
a corner flange part extending from a corner part connecting, among the sides of the top plate part, at least a pair of the sides which are adjacent to each other and from which the flange parts extend, the corner flange part connecting the flange parts each extending from the pair of the sides, to each other,
the production method comprising:
using a punch, a die and a convex-shaped tool that is disposed in a position corresponding to the corner flange part, with both of the die and the convex-shaped tool being paired with the punch;
folding the blank by relative movement of the die to the punch, and thereby forming the flange parts; and
folding the blank prior to the folding of the blank by the die, by relative movement of the convex-shaped tool to the punch, and thereby forming the corner flange part.

7. The production method for a press-formed product according to claim 6 ,
wherein the convex-shaped tool is constructed integrally with or separately from the die.

8. The production method for a press-formed product according to claim 6 ,
the production method, further using a blank holder that is paired with the die, and
performing forming of the corner flange part and the flange parts in a state where the blank is sandwiched by the die and the blank holder.

9. A production device of producing a press-formed product from a blank of a steel plate,
wherein the press-formed product comprises
a top plate part,
flange parts each extending from some or all of sides constituting an outline of the top plate part, and
a corner flange part that is a corner flange part extending from a corner part connecting, among the sides of the top plate part, at least a pair of the sides which are adjacent to each other and from which the flange parts extend, the corner flange part connecting the flange parts each extending from the pair of the sides, to each other,
the production device comprising:
a punch; a die; and a convex-shaped tool that is disposed in a position corresponding to the corner flange part, with both of the die and the convex-shaped tool being paired with the punch,
wherein the die folds the blank by relative movement to the punch, and thereby forms the flange parts, and
the convex-shaped tool folds the blank prior to the folding of the blank by the die, by relative movement to the punch, and thereby forms the corner flange part.

10. The production device for a press-formed product according to claim 9 ,
wherein a radius Rt [mm] of curvature of a front end of the convex-shaped tool satisfies conditions of Formula (a) as follows:
Rt<rf×θ   (a)

in the Formula (a), rf indicates a radius [mm] of curvature of the corner flange part, and θ indicates an included angle [rad] of the pair of the flange parts connected by the corner flange part.

11. The production device for a press-formed product according to claim 9 ,
wherein the convex-shaped tool is constructed integrally with or separately from the die.

12. The production device for a press-formed product according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a blank holder that is disposed to face the die, and sandwiches the blank between the blank holder and the die.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp

Inventors

• Ito Yasuhiro
• Nakazawa Yoshiaki

Classifications

• B21D53/88 Primary

  other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards · CPC title

• B21D22/02

  Stamping using rigid devices or tools · CPC title

• B62D29/007 Primary

  predominantly of special steel or specially treated steel, e.g. stainless steel or locally surface hardened steel · CPC title

• B21D22/26

  for making peculiarly, e.g. irregularly, shaped articles · CPC title

• B21D19/08 Primary

  by single or successive action of pressing tools, e.g. vice jaws · CPC title