Manufacturing method and manufacturing device of structural member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11712730-B2
Application number	US-202017623559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2020
Priority date	Jul 4, 2019
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

Abstract

This manufacturing method of a structural member includes an intermediate step and a bending step. A height difference is provided on a bottom wall of a groove part between an intermediate position and both end positions sandwiching the intermediate position therebetween in a longitudinal sectional view in an extending direction of the groove part by the pressing in the intermediate step, and thereby at least one of a first curved part which has a concave curved shape in a plan view and a convex curved shape in the longitudinal sectional view and a second curved part which has a convex curved shape in the plan view and a concave curved shape in the longitudinal sectional view is formed on the bottom wall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method of a structural member which is a method for manufacturing a structural member including a top plate part having a curved edge and a curved reinforcing part which is formed integrally with the top plate part in an extending direction of the curved edge and in which a cross section perpendicular to the extending direction of the curved edge has a closed cross-sectional shape or an open cross-sectional shape from a flat plate material, the manufacturing method of a structural member comprising:
an intermediate step of forming a groove part and a vertical wall part which is continuous with the groove part along a portion of the flat plate material that will become the curved edge by pressing a second portion continuous with a first portion in a direction intersecting a surface of the flat plate material with the first portion of the flat plate material corresponding to the top plate part sandwiched; and
a bending step of bending an upper end edge of the vertical wall part toward the top plate part by pushing down the upper end edge toward the groove part while movement thereof toward the top plate part is allowed after the intermediate step, wherein
a height difference is provided on a bottom wall of the groove part between an intermediate position and both end positions sandwiching the intermediate position therebetween in a longitudinal sectional view in an extending direction of the groove part by the pressing in the intermediate step, and thereby
at least one of a first curved part which has a concave curved shape in a plan view and a convex curved shape in the longitudinal sectional view and a second curved part which has a convex curved shape in the plan view and a concave curved shape in the longitudinal sectional view is formed on the bottom wall.

2. The manufacturing method of a structural member according to claim 1 , wherein, when viewed along a cross-sectional line length of the groove part along an inner shape of a cross section perpendicular to the extending direction of the groove part, a ratio obtained by dividing the cross-sectional line length at the intermediate position by the cross-sectional line length at both of the end positions falls within a range of 0.7 to 1.3 due to the pressing in the intermediate step.

3. The manufacturing method of a structural member according to claim 1 , wherein an R/R1 ratio obtained by dividing a radius of curvature R (mm) of a center line passing through a central position in a width direction of the bottom wall in a plan view by a radius of curvature R1 (mm) of the bottom wall in the longitudinal sectional view in at least one of the first curved part and the second curved part falls within a range of 0.2 to 1.2 due to the pressing in the intermediate step.

4. The manufacturing method of a structural member according to claim 1 , further comprising a joining step of, after the bending step, overlapping and joining at least a part of the upper end edge of the vertical wall part and the top plate part to form the curved reinforcing part having the closed cross-sectional shape.

5. The manufacturing method of a structural member according to claim 4 , wherein movement of the upper end edge past a planned joining position on the top plate part is restricted in the joining step.

6. The manufacturing method of a structural member according to claim 4 , further comprising an upper end edge bending step of, before the joining step, forming a bent part at which the upper end edge is directed toward the top plate part at the time of the joining step.

7. The manufacturing method of a structural member according to claim 1 , wherein the bending step includes a folding-back step of forming the curved reinforcing part having the open cross-sectional shape by further bending the vertical wall part to a state in which the upper end edge is spaced apart from the top plate part in a side view while at least a part of the upper end edge overlaps the top plate part in a plan view facing the top plate part.

8. The manufacturing method of a structural member according to claim 7 , wherein the movement of the upper end edge past a predetermined position is restricted when the vertical wall part is further bent in the folding-back step.

9. The manufacturing method of a structural member according to claim 7 , further comprising an upper end edge bending step of, before the folding-back step, forming a bent part at which the upper end edge is directed toward the top plate part at the time of the folding-back step.

10. The manufacturing method of a structural member according to claim 1 , wherein the curved reinforcing part including both a concave curved shape and a convex curved shape in a plan view facing the top plate part is formed after the bending step by forming both the first curved part and the second curved part by the pressing in the intermediate step.

11. A manufacturing device of a structural member which is a device for manufacturing a structural member including a top plate part having a curved edge and a curved reinforcing part which is formed integrally with the top plate part in an extending direction of the curved edge and in which a cross section perpendicular to the extending direction of the curved edge has a closed cross-sectional shape from a flat plate material, the manufacturing device of a structural member comprising:
a first die on which a first die groove curved in a plan view is formed;
a first punch which moves relatively closer to and further away from the first die groove;
a second die having a second die groove which is thinner than the first die groove in a plan view;
a first holder including a curved convex part having a shape corresponding to the second die groove;
a second punch having a second vertical wall surface disposed to face a first vertical wall surface of the first holder at a distance of 5 mm or more and 50 mm or less in a horizontal direction in a plan view and configured to move relatively closer to and further away from the second die groove;
a second holder disposed to overlap the second die; and
a pad having a pressurizing surface which moves closer to and further away from the second die groove, wherein
a bottom surface of the first die groove has a height difference between an intermediate position and both end positions sandwiching the intermediate position therebetween in a longitudinal sectional view in an extending direction of the first die groove,
a pressurizing surface of the first punch has a height difference corresponding to that of the bottom surface of the first die groove,
the bottom surface of the first die groove includes at least one of a first die curved surface which has a concave curved shape in the plan view and a convex curved shape in the longitudinal sectional view and a second die curved surface which has a convex curved shape in the plan view and a concave curved shape in the longitudinal sectional view, and
a gap at a bottom dead center of forming with respect to a first top plate support surface of the second die is larger on the pressurizing surface of the pad than on a pressurizing surface of the second holder.

12. The manufacturing device of a structural member according to claim 11 , wherein, when viewed along a cross-sectional line length of the first die groove along an inner shape of a cross section perpendicular to the extending direction of the first die groove, a ratio obtained by dividing the cross-sectional line length at the intermediate position by the cross-sectional line length at both of the end positions falls within a range of 0.7 to 1.3.

13. The manufacturing device of a structur

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Tabata Ryo
• Ito Yasuhiro

Classifications

• B21D22/26 Primary

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

• B21D53/88

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

• B21D19/08 Primary

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

• B21D24/00

  Special deep-drawing arrangements in, or in connection with, presses · CPC title

• B21D19/14

  Reinforcing edges, e.g. armouring same · CPC title