Door impact beam and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10336166-B2
Application number	US-201715708489-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2017
Priority date	Dec 19, 2016
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

A door impact beam that is disposed across a door frame of a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the door impact beam may include a body formed in a pipe shape and concaved on a side facing an external side of the vehicle; and coupling portions integrally extending from first and second end portions of the body to be coupled to the door frame through spot welding.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a door impact beam that is disposed on a door frame of a vehicle, the method comprising:
preparing a raw pipe having a circular cross-section with first and second end portions open;
forming a secondary pipe having a larger diameter at first and second end portions than at a center portion by expanding the first and second end portions of the raw pipe by inserting a punch into the first and second end portions of the raw pipe; and
pressing the secondary pipe to make the first and second end portions of the secondary pipe flat and make the center portion of the secondary pipe concaved in a predetermine direction.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the forming of the secondary pipe, the first and second end portions of the secondary pipe are formed to have a diameter larger by 20 to 40% than the center portion.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the forming of the secondary pipe, the first and second end portions of the raw pipe are expanded in stages by sequentially inserting a plurality of punches having increasing diameters into the first and second end portions of the raw pipe.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the forming of the secondary pipe, a diameter of the first and second end portions of the raw pipe is increased by inserting a punch having a varying diameter into the first and second end portions of the raw pipe and rotating the punch.

5. The door impact beam that is disposed across the door frame of the vehicle according to the method of claim 1 , the door impact beam comprising:
a body formed in a pipe shape and concaved on a side facing an external side of the vehicle; and
coupling portions integrally extending from first and second end portions of the body to be coupled to the door frame through spot welding.

6. The door impact beam of claim 5 ,
wherein the body has a cross-section divided into a flat portion facing an internal of the vehicle, a pair of curved portions respectively extending toward the external side of the vehicle from first and second end portions of the flat portion, and a sealer-fixing portion facing the external side of the vehicle, connecting end portions of the curved sections, and concaved toward the internal of the vehicle.

7. The door impact beam of claim 6 ,
wherein the sealer-fixing portion is configured to prevent separation of a sealer that is disposed between a door external panel of the vehicle and the body by providing a predetermined area in which the sealer is configured to be inserted.

8. The door impact beam of claim 5 ,
wherein the coupling portions are formed in a flat plate shape having a width larger than half of a circumference of the body by pressing the pipe shape of the body, and are spot-welded to the door frame at predetermined positions.

9. The door impact beam of claim 8 , wherein the coupling portions have a width that is 0.6 to 0.8 times the circumference of the body.

10. The door impact beam of claim 8 ,
wherein the coupling portions include a first coupling portion formed at the first end portion of the body to be coupled to a first portion of the door frame and a second coupling portion formed at the second end portion of the body to be coupled to a second portion of the door frame.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Hyundai Steel Co

Inventors

• Kwak Dae Hoon
• Kim Do Sub
• Lim Jeong Ho
• Jin Kyung Soo
• Kang Baek Gu

Classifications

• B60J5/0437

  characterised by the attachment means to the door, e.g. releasable attachment means · CPC title

• B21D47/01

  beams or pillars · CPC title

• B21D53/88

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

• B21D22/025 Primary

  for tubular articles · CPC title

• B60J5/0458 Primary

  Passive coupling of the reinforcement elements to the door or to the vehicle body · CPC title