Hollow member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11279408-B2
Application number	US-201716642686-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2017
Priority date	Sep 1, 2017
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

Abstract

The amount of absorbed energy at the time of load input is improved with high mass efficiency.A hollow member includes: a hollow metal member having a bending induction portion in a portion in a longitudinal direction; and a resin material which is made of a resin having a Young's modulus of 20 MPa or more and is disposed in the bending induction portion in close contact with the metal member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hollow member comprising:
a hollow metal member having a bending induction portion in a portion thereof in a longitudinal direction, wherein the hollow metal member comprises a first metal sheet; and
a resin material made of a resin having a Young's modulus of 20 MPa or more and disposed in the bending induction portion in close contact with the metal member,
wherein in a cross section transverse to the longitudinal direction of the metal member, the resin material is disposed on only a side where a bend inside is present with respect to a boundary that halves the cross section in a height direction of the cross section defined by a direction from a center of mass of the cross section toward the bend inside induced by the bending induction portion, and
in that the bending induction portion is a portion in which a radius of curvature of a locus of a center of mass along the longitudinal direction formed by the center of mass of a cross section of the metal member is 260 mm or less.

2. The hollow member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the metal member includes a bottom wall part, a pair of side wall parts standing from both ends of the bottom wall part, and a top wall part facing the bottom wall part, and
a closed cross section is formed by the bottom wall part, the pair of side wall parts, and the top wall part.

3. The hollow member according to claim 2 ,
wherein the resin material is disposed in close contact with an inner surface of at least one of the bottom wall part and the top wall part.

4. The hollow member according to claim 2 ,
wherein the resin material is disposed in close contact with an inner surface of at least one of the pair of side wall parts.

5. The hollow member according to claim 1 ,
wherein a second metal sheet is disposed on an inside of the metal member and joins to a first metal sheet forming the metal member.

6. The hollow member according to claim 5 ,
wherein the resin material is disposed in close contact with the second metal sheet.

7. The hollow member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first metal sheet forming the metal member has a hole,
the resin material is made of a foamed resin, and
the resin material passes through the hole and is disposed in close contact with both an outer surface and an inner surface of the first metal sheet.

8. The hollow member according to claim 7 ,
wherein a hole edge end of the hole is located inward of the metal member from the first metal sheet forming the metal member.

9. The hollow member according to claim 8 ,
wherein the hole is a burring hole in which the hole edge end of the hole protrudes from an outside to an inside of the first metal sheet forming the metal member.

10. The hollow member according to claim 7 ,
wherein the hole is provided with a recess portion recessed inward of the metal member from the first metal sheet forming the metal member, and
the hole is provided in an inner portion of the recess portion.

11. The hollow member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bending induction portion is a portion where a full plastic moment of the metal member changes in the longitudinal direction.

12. The hollow member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bending induction portion is a sheet thickness changing portion.

13. The hollow member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bending induction portion is a portion provided with a recessed part.

14. The hollow member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bending induction portion is a portion provided with a protrusion.

15. The hollow member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bending induction portion is a portion provided with a hole.

16. The hollow member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the resin material is disposed so as to cover the bending induction portion and peripheral portions of the bending induction portion on both sides in the longitudinal direction.

17. The hollow member according to claim 16 ,
wherein the resin material is disposed so as to cover the bending induction portion and the peripheral portions of the bending induction portion on both sides in the longitudinal direction within a range in which a distance from the bending induction portion to an end portion of the resin material in the longitudinal direction is ½ or less of a cross-sectional height of the metal member.

18. The hollow member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the resin material is disposed in a portion of the bending induction portion and is not disposed in the other portion of the bending induction portion.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Hirose Satoshi
• Nakazawa Yoshiaki

Classifications

• B62D25/08

  Front or rear portions {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11)} · CPC title

• F16S3/00

  Elongated members, e.g. profiled members; Assemblies thereof; Gratings or grilles (gratings or grilles formed from a sheet or the like F16S1/00, F16S1/08; frames for doors, windows or the like E06B1/00, E06B3/00) · CPC title

• B62D25/04

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title

• B62D21/15 Primary

  having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body (bumpers B60R19/02; shock absorbers in general F16F) · CPC title

• B62D25/00

  Superstructure {or monocoque structure} sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for {(having impact absorbing means B62D21/15; running-boards, steps, or the like as superstructure sub-unit B60R3/00)} · CPC title