Formed article, structural member using the same, and manufacturing method of formed article

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12084115-B2
Application number	US-201917766655-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2019
Priority date	Oct 9, 2019
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

A long formed article made of one steel sheet includes a top sheet portion, a standing wall portion, and a protrusion portion formed in a portion of the top sheet portion by overlapping a portion extending toward an outside from each of both ends of the top sheet portion and a portion extending toward the outside from an upper end of the standing wall portion, in a non-protrusion region, a recessed part is formed in the top sheet portion, and a total value α of inner surface peripheral lengths of the top sheet portion and the standing wall portion in a cross section of the formed article in a protrusion region and a total value β of inner surface peripheral lengths of the top sheet portion, the standing wall portion, and the recessed part in the cross section of the formed article in the non-protrusion region satisfy 1.01≤β/α≤1.50.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A long formed article made of one steel sheet, the formed article comprising:
a top sheet portion which extends in a longitudinal direction;
a standing wall portion which extends downward from each of both edges of the top sheet portion in a width direction; and
a protrusion portion which is formed in a portion of the top sheet portion in the longitudinal direction by overlapping a portion extending toward an outside from each of both ends of the top sheet portion in the width direction and a portion extending toward the outside from an upper end of the standing wall portion,
wherein in the longitudinal direction of the formed article, when a region provided with the protrusion portion is defined as a protrusion region and a region not provided with the protrusion portion is defined as a non-protrusion region,
in the non-protrusion region, a recessed part extending in the longitudinal direction is formed in the top sheet portion, and
a total value α of inner surface peripheral lengths of the top sheet portion and the standing wall portion in a cross section of the formed article perpendicular to the longitudinal direction in the protrusion region and a total value β of inner surface peripheral lengths of the top sheet portion, the standing wall portion, and the recessed part in the cross section of the formed article perpendicular to the longitudinal direction in the non-protrusion region satisfy 1.01≤β/α≤1.50, wherein
the non-protrusion region having the recessed part is formed on at least one of both terminal ends in the longitudinal direction of the formed article.

2. The formed article according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a flange portion which extends toward the outside from a lower end of the standing wall portion.

3. The formed article according to claim 1 ,
wherein a length of the protrusion region in the longitudinal direction is 30% or more of an entire length of the formed article in the longitudinal direction.

4. The formed article according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the protrusion portion, a portion extending from the top sheet portion and a portion extending from the standing wall portion are in close contact with each other.

5. The formed article according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the protrusion portion, a portion extending from the top sheet portion and a portion extending from the standing wall portion are joined to each other.

6. The formed article according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the protrusion region, in the cross section of the formed article perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, an angle formed by the top sheet portion and the protrusion portion is 90° or more and 180° or less.

7. The structural member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the length of the standing wall portion of the protrusion portion and the length of the standing wall portion of the non-protrusion portion are substantially equal to each other.

8. The structural member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the non-protrusion region having the recessed part is formed on both terminal ends in the longitudinal direction of the formed article.

9. A structural member comprising:
the formed article according to claim 1 ; and
a steel sheet member which is fixed to the formed article,
wherein in a cross-sectional view perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, the formed article and the steel sheet member form a closed cross section.

10. The structural member according to claim 9 , further comprising:
an auxiliary member which is joined to at least one of the top sheet portion and the two standing wall portions, or the top sheet portion and at least one of the two standing wall portions.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Otsuka Kenichiro

Classifications

• B21D37/08

  Dies with different parts for several steps in a process · CPC title

• B21D24/06

  Mechanically spring-loaded blank holders · CPC title

• B21D22/225

  with members for radially pushing the blanks · CPC title

• B21D22/06

  having relatively-movable die parts · CPC title

• B21D19/08

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