Panel member, press mold, and manufacturing method of panel member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016368540-A1
Application number	US-201414898900-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 23, 2014
Priority date	Jul 3, 2013
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The panel member molded from a fiber reinforced plastic material includes the waved plate section. In the waved plate section, lateral wall portions are connected to upright wall portions through bent portions. Each lateral wall portion includes a general portion extending along the wavelength direction of the waved plate section. A plate thickness of the general portions of the lateral wall portions is set thinner than a plate thickness of the upright wall portions. The general portion at least does not include bubbles with a larger diameter than reinforcing fibers. An array direction of the reinforcing fibers disposed in the general portion of the lateral wall portion is set in a direction running along the wavelength direction of the waved plate section.

First claim

1 . A panel member, comprising:
first wall portions that form undulations of a waved plate section molded from a fiber reinforced plastic material; and second wall portions that configure upper and lower end portions in a wave height direction of the waved plate section, and that are connected to the first wall portions by bent portions, wherein: the second wall portions each include a general portion extending along a wavelength direction of the waved plate section, the general portions are set with a thinner plate thickness than the first wall portions, and an array direction of reinforcing fibers disposed in the general portions is set in a direction running along the wavelength direction of the waved plate section.

2 . The panel member of claim 1 , wherein the general portion at least does not include bubbles that have a larger diameter than the reinforcing fibers.

3 . The panel member of claim 1 wherein:
the bent portions are formed in a curved shape and are set with the same plate thickness as the first wall portions; and
gradual change portions with gradually decreasing plate thickness on progression away from the bent portions are formed at an end portion at a bent portion side of the second wall portions.

4 . The panel member of claim 1 wherein:
the bent portions are formed in a curved shape and are set with the same plate thickness as the second wall portions; and
gradual change portions with gradually increasing plate thickness on progression away from the bent portions are formed at an end portion at a bent portion side of the first wall portions.

5 . The panel member of claim 1 , wherein extension portions extend out from the bent portions at an opposite side to a first wall portion side, and the extension portions are integrally formed with the bent portions.

6 . A press mold, comprising:
a lower mold that includes a first molding face employed to press-mold the panel member of claim 1 ; and an upper mold that is disposed facing an upper side of the lower mold, that includes a second molding face employed to press-mold the panel member, and in which a region of the second molding face that molds the general portions of the second wall portions is set with a narrower gap to the first molding face than a region of the second molding face that molds the first wall portions.

7 . A manufacturing method of a panel member employing the press mold of claim 6 , the manufacturing method comprising:
a first process in which, in a state in which a fiber reinforced plastic material in sheet form is disposed on the lower mold, the second molding face of the upper mold is brought into relatively close contact with the first molding face of the lower mold, and the fiber reinforced plastic material is formed in a waved plate shape; and a second process in which, after the first process, the second molding face of the upper mold is brought into relatively even closer contact with the first molding face of the lower mold, and a region that becomes the general portions of the second wall portions is compressed in a general portion plate thickness direction.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Terada Shin

Classifications

• B29D99/0014

  provided with ridges or ribs, e.g. joined ribs · CPC title

• B29C43/36

  Moulds for making articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles · CPC title

• B29K2105/12

  of short lengths, e.g. chopped filaments, staple fibres or bristles · CPC title

• B29C70/46

  using matched moulds, e.g. for deforming sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or prepregs · CPC title

• B62D29/043 Primary

  Superstructures (B62D25/161 takes precedence) · CPC title