Steel sheet member combination structure, automotive structural member, center pillar, bumper, and door beam

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10486750-B2
Application number	US-201615752965-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 19, 2016
Priority date	Aug 20, 2015
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

A steel sheet member combination structure includes: a first steel sheet member having a main wall portion, a standing wall portion that stands from an end edge of the main wall portion, and a flange portion that extends parallel to the main wall portion from an end edge of the standing wall portion; and a second steel sheet member having a horizontal wall portion that is joined to at least one of an inner surface or an outer surface of the first steel sheet member and that abuts the main wall portion and a side wall portion that abuts the standing wall portion, and the first steel sheet member and the second steel sheet member satisfy predetermined relational expressions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A steel sheet member combination structure comprising:
a first steel sheet member having a main wall portion, a standing wall portion that stands from an end edge of the main wall portion, and a flange portion that extends parallel to the main wall portion from an end edge of the standing wall portion; and
a second steel sheet member that is joined to at least one of an inner surface or an outer surface of the first steel sheet member and has a horizontal wall portion that abuts the main wall portion and a side wall portion that abuts the standing wall portion,
wherein, when larger one of a distance between an outer surface of the flange portion and an outer surface of the main wall portion and a distance between the outer surface of the flange portion and an outer surface of the horizontal wall portion is defined as H (mm),
a sum of a sheet thickness of the standing wall portion and a sheet thickness of the side wall portion is defined as t (mm), and
larger one of a distance between a tip end surface of the side wall portion and the outer surface of the main wall portion and a distance between the tip end surface of the side wall portion and the outer surface of the horizontal wall portion is defined as H 1 (mm),
the first steel sheet member and the second steel sheet member satisfy Expression (1) and Expression (2):
( H/t )≤20.0  Expression (1)

0.6≤( H 1/ H )≤1.0  Expression (2).

2. The steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first joint portion that joins together the standing wall portion of the first steel sheet member and the side wall portion of the second steel sheet member.

3. The steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second joint portion that joins together the main wall portion of the first steel sheet member and the horizontal wall portion of the second steel sheet member.

4. The steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second steel sheet member is a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or higher.

5. The steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first steel sheet member is a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or higher.

6. An automotive structural member comprising:
the steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 1 .

7. A center pillar having the steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 1 , the center pillar comprising:
a center pillar inner;
a center pillar outer that is constituted of the first steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to the center pillar inner; and
a patch member that is constituted of the second steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to at least one of an inner surface or an outer surface of the center pillar outer.

8. A bumper having the steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 1 , the bumper comprising:
a baseplate;
a bumper main body that is constituted of the first steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to the baseplate; and
a patch member that is constituted of the second steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to at least one of an inner surface or an outer surface of the bumper main body.

9. A door beam having the steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 1 , the door beam comprising:
a door beam main body constituted of the first steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure; and
a patch member that is constituted of the second steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to at least one of an inner surface or an outer surface of the door beam main body.

10. The steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a second joint portion that joins together the main wall portion of the first steel sheet member and the horizontal wall portion of the second steel sheet member.

11. The steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 2 ,
wherein the second steel sheet member is a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or higher.

12. The steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 3 ,
wherein the second steel sheet member is a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or higher.

13. An automotive structural member comprising:
the sheet member combination structure according to claim 2 .

14. An automotive structural member comprising:
the sheet member combination structure according to claim 3 .

15. An automotive structural member comprising:
the sheet member combination structure according to claim 4 .

16. An automotive structural member comprising:
the sheet member combination structure according to claim 5 .

17. A center pillar having the steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 2 , the center pillar comprising:
a center pillar inner;
a center pillar outer that is constituted of the first steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to the center pillar inner; and
a patch member that is constituted of the second steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to at least one of an inner surface or an outer surface of the center pillar outer.

18. A center pillar having the steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 3 , the center pillar comprising:
a center pillar inner;
a center pillar outer that is constituted of the first steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to the center pillar inner; and
a patch member that is constituted of the second steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to at least one of an inner surface or an outer surface of the center pillar outer.

19. A center pillar having the steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 4 , the center pillar comprising:
a center pillar inner;
a center pillar outer that is constituted of the first steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to the center pillar inner; and
a patch member that is constituted of the second steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to at least one of an inner surface or an outer surface of the center pillar outer.

20. A center pillar having the steel sheet member combination structure according to claim 5 , the center pillar comprising:
a center pillar inner;
a center pillar outer that is constituted of the first steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to the center pillar inner; and
a patch member that is constituted of the second steel sheet member of the steel sheet member combination structure and that is joined to at least one of an inner surface or an outer surface of the center pillar outer.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp
• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Hamada Koichi
• Ono Atsushi
• Ito Yasunori

Classifications

• B60J5/0443

  Beams · CPC title

• B60J5/048

  characterised by the material · CPC title

• B60R19/18

  {characterised by the cross-section;} Means within the bumper to absorb impact · CPC title

• B62D25/04 Primary

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title

• B60J5/0456 Primary

  Behaviour during impact · CPC title