Bumper reinforcement and method of manufacturing bumper reinforcement
A bumper reinforcement includes a front wall, a rear wall, and a connection wall. Intermediate portions, in an extending direction, of the front wall and the rear wall are parallel to each other. An end portion, in the extending direction, of the front wall is bent toward the rear wall when viewed from the intermediate portion of the front wall. An end portion, in the extending direction, of the connection wall includes a front part and a rear part, and each of the front and rear parts extends from an inside to an outside in the vehicle width direction. A distance between a front end of the rear part and the rear wall gradually decreases in a direction from a base end of the rear part toward a distal end thereof. The front part is provided so as to extend along the front end of the rear part.
1. A method of manufacturing a bumper reinforcement, the method comprising:
integrally forming an intermediate formed body such that a sectional shape perpendicular to an extending direction of the intermediate formed body is uniform from a first end to a second end in the extending direction, wherein the intermediate formed body includes
a front wall provided as a band-shaped wall so as to extend in a vehicle width direction in a front end portion of a vehicle, the front wall having a wall surface facing forward,
a rear wall provided as a band-shaped wall so as to extend in the vehicle width direction behind the front wall, the rear wall having a wall surface facing rearward, and
a connection wall provided as a band-shaped wall so as to extend in the vehicle width direction between the front wall and the rear wall, the connection wall having a wall surface facing upward or downward, and the connection wall being configured to connect the front wall to the rear wall;
forming a cut portion such that the cut portion extends from a distal end surface of an end portion, in the extending direction, of the connection wall toward a base end of the end portion, and a distance between the rear wall and a first part of an inner peripheral part of the cut portion increases in a direction from the distal end surface of the end portion toward the base end, the first part of the inner peripheral part being located on a side of the rear wall; and
bending a part of the end portion toward the rear wall, the part of the end portion being located in front of the cut portion, wherein:
the first part of the inner peripheral part of the cut portion is curved, and
a second part of the inner peripheral part of the cut portion is curved, the second part being located on a side of the front wall.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second part of the inner peripheral part of the cut portion is parallel to the front wall; and
the first part of the inner peripheral part of the cut portion is inclined relative to the rear wall.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a part of the cut portion is provided so as to extend in parallel to the extending direction of the end portion, the part of the cut portion being located at the base end of the end portion.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the cut portion is provided so as to extend in parallel to the extending direction of the end portion, the part of the cut portion being located at the base end of the end portion.