IP Library Granted Patent US 10,023,238
Granted Patent B2
US 10,023,238 · App. 15/111,488 · Granted Jul 17, 2018

Skeletal component for automobile and front pillar lower including the same

Inventors: Masahiro Saito (Futtsu, JP); Yoshiaki Nakazawa (Takarazuka, JP); Kenichiro Otsuka (Kisarazu, JP); Yasuhiro Ito (Amagasaki, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
B62D25/04B62D21/15B62D25/025
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Patent No.
US 10,023,238
App. No.
15/111,488
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A front pillar lower outer includes a bent portion, and a first region and a second region, and is a skeletal component for automobile that is assumed to receive a collision load along the extending direction of the first region. The outer is constituted by attaching a first member that is arranged on a first region side, and a second member that is arranged on a second region side. An attachment line of the both members is arranged in a predetermined zone between a first boundary and a second boundary. The plate thickness of the first member is larger than the plate thickness of the second member.

Claims (34)

1. A skeletal component for automobile that is bent into an L shape along its longitudinal direction, and has a hat-shaped cross section all over skeletal component in its longitudinal direction, wherein

the skeletal component comprises a bent portion that includes an arc-shaped portion on an inside of bending and an arc-shaped portion on an outside of the bending, and a first region and a second region that extend from each of opposite ends of the bent portion, the skeletal component configured to receive a collision load in an extending direction of the first region,

the skeletal component is constituted by directly attaching a first member that is arranged on the first region side and a second member that is arranged on the second region side,

an attachment line of the first member and the second member is arranged in a predetermined zone between a first boundary on the first region side and a second boundary on the second region side,

the first boundary is a straight line that connects an end, on the first region side, of the arc-shaped portion on the inside of the bending, and an end, on the first region side, of the arc-shaped portion on the outside of the bending,

the second boundary is a straight line that runs from an end, on the second region side, of the arc-shaped portion on the inside of the bending along the extending direction of the first region, and

a plate thickness of the first member is larger than a plate thickness of the second member.

2. The skeletal component for automobile according to claim 1 , wherein

a ratio (t 1 /t 2 ) between a plate thickness (t 1 ) of the first member and a plate thickness (t 2 ) of the second member is 1.2 or more.

3. The skeletal component for automobile according to claim 2 , wherein

the skeletal component is a front pillar lower outer, and

the first region is coupled to a side sill, and the second region is coupled to a front pillar upper.

4. A front pillar lower comprising the skeletal component for automobile according to claim 3 .

5. The skeletal component for automobile according to claim 1 , wherein

the skeletal component is a front pillar lower outer, and

the first region is coupled to a side sill, and the second region is coupled to a front pillar upper.

6. A front pillar lower comprising the skeletal component for automobile according to claim 5 .

7. A skeletal component for automobile that is bent into an L shape along its longitudinal direction, and has a hat-shaped cross section all over skeletal component in its longitudinal direction, wherein

the skeletal component comprises a bent portion that includes an arc-shaped portion on an inside of bending and an arc-shaped portion on an outside of the bending, and a first region and a second region that extend from each of opposite ends of the bent portion, the skeletal component configured to receive a collision load in an extending direction of the first region,

the skeletal component is constituted by attaching a first member that is arranged on the first region side and a second member that is arranged on the second region side,

an attachment line of the first member and the second member is arranged in a predetermined zone between a first boundary on the first region side and a second boundary on the second region side,

the first boundary is a straight line that connects an end, on the first region side, of the arc-shaped portion on the inside of the bending, and an end, on the first region side, of the arc-shaped portion on the outside of the bending,

the second boundary is a straight line that connects an end, on the second region side, of the arc-shaped portion on the inside of the bending, and an end, on the second region side, of the arc-shaped portion on the outside of the bending, and

a plate thickness of the first member is larger than a plate thickness of the second member.

8. The skeletal component for automobile according to claim 7 , wherein

a ratio (t 1 /t 2 ) between a plate thickness (t 1 ) of the first member and a plate thickness (t 2 ) of the second member is 1.2 or more.

9. The skeletal component for automobile according to claim 8 , wherein

the skeletal component is a front pillar lower outer, and

the first region is coupled to a side sill, and the second region is coupled to a front pillar upper.

10. A front pillar lower comprising the skeletal component for automobile according to claim 9 .

11. The skeletal component for automobile according to claim 7 , wherein

the skeletal component is a front pillar lower outer, and

the first region is coupled to a side sill, and the second region is coupled to a front pillar upper.

12. A front pillar lower comprising the skeletal component for automobile according to claim 11 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2016
From: SAITO, MASAHIRO; NAKAZAWA, YOSHIAKI; OTSUKA, KENICHIRO; ITO, YASUHIRO
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039153/0970 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-019538 · Feb 4, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160332669A1 · Nov 17, 2016