Stretch flanging tool, stretch flanging method using the same, and member with stretch flange

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11772147-B2
Application number	US-201817259497-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2018
Priority date	Jul 31, 2018
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

A strength flanging method which improves the method of stretch flanging by press forming so as to disperse strain generated during a forming operation in a blank and in turn prevent the formation of cracks at the center of an arc part, which strength flanging method performs stretch flanging using a stretch flanging tool provided with a top surface part having a protruding part in a top view, straight wall parts, a main slanted wall part between the top surface part and the straight wall parts positioned forming an angle with the top surface part of more than 0° and less than 90° and with the straight wall parts of 10° or more and less than 90° and having two intersecting ridgelines at the straight wall part sides, a first sub slanted wall part sharing one ridgeline among the two ridgelines with the main slanted wall part and positioned forming angles with the top surface part and a straight wall part of more than 0° and less than 90°, and a second sub slanted wall part sharing the other ridgeline among the two ridgelines with the main slanted wall part and positioned forming angles with the top surface part and a straight wall part of more than 0° and less than 90°.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stretch flanging tool comprising:
a top surface part having a first protruding part in a top view,
straight wall parts,
a main slanted wall part, the main slanted wall part positioned between the top surface part and the straight wall parts, the main slanted wall part forming an angle with the top surface part of more than 0° and less than 90° and with the straight wall parts of 10° or more and less than 90°, the main slanted wall part having two ridgelines intersecting at the straight wall part sides,
a first sub slanted wall part, the first sub slanted wall part sharing one ridgeline among the two ridgelines with the main slanted wall part, the first sub slanted wall part forming angles with the top surface part and a straight wall part of more than 0° and less than 90°, and
a second sub slanted wall part, the second sub slanted wall part sharing the other ridgeline among the two ridgelines with the main slanted wall part, the second sub slanted part forming angles with the top surface part and a straight wall part of more than 0° and less than 90°,
wherein the straight wall portion adjacent to the main slanted wall part has a second protruding part in the top view.

2. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 1 , wherein an opening angle of the two ridgelines with respect to a side shared by the main slanted wall part and the top surface part is 45 to 90°.

3. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 1 , wherein an angle θ of the main slanted wall part with respect to the straight wall parts is 10 to 45°.

4. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 1 , wherein a radius of curvature of the two ridgelines is 15 mm or less.

5. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 1 , wherein in a front view, the two ridgelines being convex with respect to the sub slanted wall parts.

6. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 1 , wherein the first sub slanted wall part and/or the second sub slanted wall part further comprises one or more ridgelines.

7. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 6 , wherein the ridgeline further provided on the first sub slanted wall part and/or the second sub slanted wall part comprises intersects with the ridgeline shared by the main slanted wall part and the first sub slanted wall part or the second sub slanted wall part.

8. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 2 , wherein an angle θ of the main slanted wall part with respect to the straight wall parts is 10 to 45°.

9. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 2 , wherein a radius of curvature of the two ridgelines is 15 mm or less.

10. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 2 , wherein in a front view, the two ridgelines being convex with respect to the sub slanted wall parts.

11. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 2 , wherein the first sub slanted wall part and/or the second sub slanted wall part further comprises one or more ridgelines.

12. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 11 , wherein the ridgeline further provided on the first sub slanted wall part and/or the second sub slanted wall part comprises intersects with the ridgeline shared by the main slanted wall part and the first sub slanted wall part or the second sub slanted wall part.

13. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 3 , wherein a radius of curvature of the two ridgelines is 15 mm or less.

14. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 3 , wherein in a front view, the two ridgelines being convex with respect to the sub slanted wall parts.

15. The stretch flanging tool according to claim 3 , wherein the first sub slanted wall part and/or the second sub slanted wall part further comprises one or more ridgelines.

16. A stretch flanging method using a stretch flanging tool according to claim 1 to form a member having a stretch flange part, the stretch flanging method comprising:
a step of bending a blank along the two or more ridgelines and
a step of bending the blank along ridgelines of the straight wall parts.

17. The stretch flanging method according to claim 16 , wherein a vertical direction dimension S of the main slanted wall part, a slant angle θ of the main slanted wall part with respect to a vertical direction, a horizontal direction protrusion dimension “h” of the blank from the punch and pad, and a horizontal direction dimension “c” from the pad and punch satisfy the relationship:
S ≤( h−c )/tan θ.

18. The stretch flanging method according to claim 17 , wherein an opening angle of the two ridgelines with respect to a side shared by the main slanted wall part and the top surface part is 45 to 90°.

19. The stretch flanging method according to claim 17 , wherein the angle θ of the main slanted wall part with respect to the straight wall parts is 10 to 45°.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Tabata Ryo
• Saito Masahiro

Classifications

• B21D19/082 Primary

  for making negative angles · CPC title

• B21D19/08

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