Method for manufacturing press-formed product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12109601-B2
Application number	US-202017632805-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2020
Priority date	Aug 6, 2019
Publication date	Oct 8, 2024
Grant date	Oct 8, 2024

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a press-formed product suppresses occurrence of a forming defect such as a crack in a starting material during press forming, and also suppresses occurrence of problems when transferring a starting material during press forming. A manufacturing intermediate is formed by forming, in a flat-sheet shaped blank sheet, a planned outline portion including an undulating shape which is used for forming an outline of an outer circumferential portion of a press-formed product. The flat shape of the blank sheet is maintained in a region from the planned outline portion toward the center of the manufacturing intermediate, or an intermediate stretch-formed portion having a predetermined intermediate forming height is formed in the manufacturing intermediate in the region. A through-hole is formed by piercing a flat portion at which the flat shape is maintained or a stretch-formed-side top portion of the intermediate stretch-formed portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a press-formed product, comprising:
forming a manufacturing intermediate by forming a planned outline portion including an undulating shape in a flat-sheet shaped blank sheet, as a planned portion for an outline portion which forms an outline of an outer circumferential portion of the press-formed product;
maintaining a flat shape of the blank sheet in a region from the planned outline portion toward a center of the manufacturing intermediate, or forming an intermediate stretch-formed portion having a predetermined intermediate forming height in the manufacturing intermediate in a region from the planned outline portion toward a center of the manufacturing intermediate;
piercing a flat portion and forming a through-hole while maintaining the flat shape of the flat portion or piercing a stretch-formed-side top portion of the intermediate stretch-formed portion and forming a through-hole; and
after the through-hole is formed in the flat portion, forming the flat portion into a stretch-formed portion of a predetermined height, or, after the through-hole is formed in the intermediate stretch-formed portion, forming the intermediate stretch-formed portion into the stretch-formed portion of the predetermined height that is greater than the predetermined intermediate forming height.

2. The method for manufacturing the press-formed product according to claim 1 , wherein:
the blank sheet is a sheet member having a sheet thickness of 0.5 mm or less.

3. The method for manufacturing the press-formed product according to claim 1 , wherein:
the planned outline portion includes a planned flat outline portion; and
after the planned outline portion is formed from the blank sheet, the manufacturing intermediate is carried from a press forming machine that forms the planned outline portion to a different press forming machine that is used in a downstream process after the planned outline portion is formed, by carrying the manufacturing intermediate while supporting the planned flat outline portion using a carrier machine.

4. The method for manufacturing the press-formed product according to claim 1 , wherein:
after the planned outline portion is formed from the blank sheet, the planned outline portion is made into the outline portion by subjecting the planned outline portion to finishing work that includes a restriking process.

5. The method for manufacturing the press-formed product according to claim 1 , wherein:
a shape of an outer circumferential portion of the stretch-formed portion is a polygon.

6. The method for manufacturing the press-formed product according to claim 5 , wherein:
the predetermined intermediate forming height is less than one half of the height of the stretch-formed portion.

7. The method for manufacturing the press-formed product according to claim 5 , wherein:
the outer circumferential portion of the stretch-formed portion is formed in an M-sided shape (M is an integer of 3 or more);
an edge portion of the through-hole is formed in an N-sided shape (N is an integer of 3 or more); and
M is equal to N, and a position of a corner portion of the outer circumferential portion and a position of a corner portion of the edge portion are caused to deviate in a circumferential direction of the through-hole.

8. The method for manufacturing the press-formed product according to claim 7 , wherein:
the corner portion of the edge portion is arranged at a position corresponding to one half of an angular pitch between two corner portions which are adjacent to each other of the outer circumferential portion in the circumferential direction.

9. The method for manufacturing the press-formed product according to claim 5 , wherein:
a shape of an edge portion of the through-hole is a regular polygon;
each corner portion of the regular polygon of the edge portion is formed in an arc shape; and
when a radius of curvature of the arc shape is defined as “a”, and a distance from a center of the through-hole to a midpoint of any one side of the edge portion is defined as “b”, 0.3≤a/b≤1.0.

10. The method for manufacturing the press-formed product according to claim 1 , wherein:
a shape of an outer circumferential portion of the stretch-formed portion is a circular.

11. The method for manufacturing the press-formed product according to claim 10 , wherein:
the predetermined intermediate forming height is greater than one half of the predetermined height of the stretch-formed portion and is less than the predetermined height of the stretch-formed portion.

12. The method for manufacturing the press-formed product according to claim 10 , wherein:
an edge portion of the through-hole is circular.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Yamazaki Shohei
• Nishimura Ryuichi
• Hamada Koichi
• Oishi Takuya
• Yoshida Tohru

Classifications

• B62D25/12

  Parts or details thereof (locks E05B, {E05B83/16; devices for holding open E05C17/00, e.g. while carrying oversize objects E05C17/042}; hinges E05D; counterbalancing means E05F; {checks, stops, buffers E05F5/00; } springs, {e.g. pneumatic springs} F16F) · CPC title

• B62D25/105 Primary

  for motor cars · CPC title

• B21D28/26

  in sheets or flat parts · CPC title

• B21D22/22

  with devices for holding the edge of the blanks (B21D22/24 - B21D22/30 take precedence; shaping over a die without external former B21D11/02) · CPC title

• B21D53/88

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