Manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method for hat-shaped section component with curved projection portion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11850646-B2
Application number	US-202016922258-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2020
Priority date	Sep 13, 2019
Publication date	Dec 26, 2023
Grant date	Dec 26, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a hat-shaped section component including a curved projection portion such that a to-become-top-plate portion is pressed by a punch in a state where a to-become-flange portion is sandwiched between a die and a holder. The manufacturing apparatus includes the punch having a first mold surface including a curved projection portion mold surface, the holder, and the die having a fourth mold surface facing the first mold surface. An opening is formed in a part, of the fourth mold surface, that corresponds to the curved projection portion mold surface. The manufacturing apparatus includes a pad provided in the die and having a fifth mold surface facing the curved projection portion mold surface, the pad being configured to be relatively movable upward against downward biasing force so that the fifth mold surface becomes flush with the fourth mold surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing apparatus configured to manufacture a hat-shaped section component including a curved projection portion curved in a longitudinal direction projecting upward, in a direction from the punch to the die, the manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a punch, the punch having a first mold surface facing upward, the first mold surface including a curved projection portion mold surface a part of which curves in the longitudinal direction so as to project upward;
a holder, the holder having a pair of second mold surfaces facing upward, the pair of second mold surfaces being provided on two outer sides of the first mold surface in a width direction of the manufacturing apparatus;
a die, the die having a pair of third mold surfaces and a fourth mold surface, the third mold surfaces facing downward so as to face the pair of second mold surfaces, the fourth mold surface being provided between the third mold surfaces via steps such that the fourth mold surface is placed higher than the third mold surfaces, the fourth mold surface facing downward so as to face the first mold surface, the fourth mold surface having an opening opened downward, the opening being formed in a part of the fourth mold surface that corresponds to the curved projection portion mold surface; and
a pad provided in the opening in the fourth mold surface of the die and having a fifth mold surface facing downward so as to face the curved projection portion mold surface, an upper end of the pad being attached to bottom ends of rods of gas cylinders, the pad being configured to be movable farther upward into the opening against a downward biasing force of the gas cylinders so that the fifth mold surface becomes flush with the fourth mold surface from a state where the fifth mold surface projects downward from the fourth mold surface,
wherein a total length of the pad in the longitudinal direction is less than a total length of the die in the longitudinal direction, and a total length of the opening in the longitudinal direction is less than the total length of the die in the longitudinal direction, and
wherein the pad, the punch, and the gas cylinders are configured to cooperate to produce a restraint force in order to restrain a crack from being formed in the to-become-top-plate portion of the workpiece.

2. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the holder is provided around the punch such that the holder is movable upward against a biasing force on the holder from a state where the second mold surfaces are generally flush with the first mold surface.

3. A manufacturing method for manufacturing a hat-shaped section component including a curved projection portion by pressing a flat-shaped workpiece, the curved projection portion being curved in a longitudinal direction so as to project upward, in a direction from the punch to the die, the manufacturing method comprising:
providing a manufacturing apparatus including
a punch having a first mold surface facing upward, the first mold surface including a curved projection portion mold surface a part of which curves in the longitudinal direction so as to project upward,
a holder having a pair of second mold surfaces facing upward, the pair of second mold surfaces being provided on both outer sides of the first mold surface in a width direction of the manufacturing apparatus,
a die having a pair of third mold surfaces and a fourth mold surface, the third mold surfaces facing downward so as to face the pair of second mold surfaces, the fourth mold surface being provided between the third mold surfaces via steps such that the fourth mold surface is placed higher than the third mold surfaces, the fourth mold surface facing toward the first mold surface, the fourth mold surface having an opening opened downward, the opening being formed in a part of the fourth mold surface configured to cooperate with the curved projection portion mold surface, and
a pad provided in the opening in the fourth mold surface of the die and having a fifth mold surface facing downward so as to face the curved projection portion mold surface, an upper end of the pad being attached to bottom ends of rods of gas cylinders, the pad being configured to be movable farther upward into the opening against a downward first biasing force of the gas cylinders so that the fifth mold surface becomes flush with the fourth mold surface from a state where the fifth mold surface projects downward from the fourth mold surface,
wherein a total length of the pad in the longitudinal direction is less than a total length of the die in the longitudinal direction, and a total length of the opening in the longitudinal direction is less than the total length of the die in the longitudinal direction; and

molding the hat-shaped section component by pressing the workpiece, the hat-shaped section component having a vertical wall between a top plate and a flange, and the curved projection portion, the molding including
sandwiching a to-become-flange portion of the workpiece between a corresponding one of the second mold surfaces and a corresponding one of the third mold surfaces, and
pressing a to-become-top-plate portion of the workpiece by moving the first mold surface upward while sandwiching a part in the to-become-top-plate portion corresponding to the curved projection portion between the fifth mold surface and the curved projection portion mold surface,

wherein the pad, the punch, and the gas cylinders cooperate to produce a restraint force in order to restrain a crack from being formed in the to-become-top-plate portion of the workpiece.

4. The manufacturing method according to claim 3 , wherein:
the holder is provided around the punch such that the holder is movable upward against a second biasing force on the holder from a state where the second mold surfaces are generally flush with the first mold surface; and
the molding includes molding the vertical wall between the top plate and the flange by vertically distancing the pad and the punch sandwiching the to-become-top-plate portion from the die and the holder sandwiching the to-become-flange portion.

5. The manufacturing method according to claim 3 , wherein the workpiece is made of high tensile steel.

6. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the steps are defined by side surfaces of the opening.

7. The manufacturing method according to claim 3 , wherein the steps are defined by side surfaces of the opening.

8. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the opening in the width direction of the manufacturing apparatus is constant.

9. The manufacturing method according to claim 3 , wherein a width of the opening in the width direction of the manufacturing apparatus is constant.

10. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth mold surface projects downward from the third mold surfaces in a state where the rods are fully extended.

11. The manufacturing method according to claim 3 , wherein the fifth mold surface projects downward from the third mold surfaces in a state where the rods are fully extended.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nojiri Isao

Classifications

• B21D22/025 Primary

  for tubular articles · CPC title

• B21D22/26 Primary

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

• B21D24/04 Primary

  Blank holders; Mounting means therefor · CPC title

• B21D24/00

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

• B21D24/06

  Mechanically spring-loaded blank holders · CPC title