IP Library Granted Patent US 10,913,102
Granted Patent B2
US 10,913,102 · App. 16/308,970 · Granted Feb 9, 2021

Drawn body for vehicle structural member, manufacturing method for drawn body for vehicle structural member, and manufacturing apparatus for drawn body for vehicle structural member

Inventors: Kenichiro Otsuka (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Miyagi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
B21D47/01B21D22/02B21D22/26B21D24/00B21D53/88B60R19/04B60R19/18B62D21/00B62D25/00B62D25/025B62D25/04B62D25/20B62D29/007B60R2019/1826
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Patent No.
US 10,913,102
App. No.
16/308,970
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drawn body for a vehicle structural member has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, radii of curvature of two first convex ridge portions, a second convex ridge portion, and a concave ridge portion are each 30 mm or less, a corner radius of a corner wall is 30 mm or less, and a forming depth which is a separation distance between a top sheet portion and an outwardly-extending flange is 40 mm or more.

Claims (45)

1. A drawn body for a vehicle structural member, the drawn body having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, the drawn body comprising:

a top sheet portion extending in a first direction;

two first convex ridge portions adjacent to both sides of the top sheet portion in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction and along the top sheet portion;

a second convex ridge portion which is adjacent to an endmost portion of the top sheet portion in the first direction and is connected to the two first convex ridge portions;

two side walls adjacent to the two first convex ridge portions;

an end wall adjacent to the second convex ridge portion;

two corner walls which are adjacent to the two side walls and the end wall and have a curved shape as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction;

a concave ridge portion adjacent to the two side walls, the end wall, and the two corner walls; and

an outwardly-extending flange adjacent to the concave ridge portion,

wherein a radius of curvature of a cross section perpendicular to an extension direction of each of the two first convex ridge portions, the second convex ridge portion, and the concave ridge portion is 30 mm or less,

a corner radius which is a radius of curvature of the corner wall viewed in the direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction at a position spaced by 1.0 mm from a boundary between the outwardly-extending flange and the concave ridge portion along the corner wall is 30 mm or less, and

a forming depth which is a separation distance between the top sheet portion and the outwardly-extending flange in a direction perpendicular to the top sheet portion is 40 mm or more.

2. The drawn body for a vehicle structural member according to claim 1 ,

wherein the end wall, the two corner walls, the concave ridge portion, and the outwardly-extending flange are formed at both ends in the first direction.

3. The drawn body for a vehicle structural member according to claim 1 ,

wherein the drawn body is any one of the group consisting of a side sill, a bumper beam, a lower A pillar panel, an A pillar, and a B pillar.

4. A manufacturing method for the drawn body for a vehicle structural member according to claim 1 , the manufacturing method comprising:

a first step of performing press working on a blank having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more by drawing using a first die, a first punch, and a first blank holder, thereby forming a first intermediate drawn body which includes an intermediate top sheet portion extending in the first direction, two intermediate first convex ridge portions adjacent to both sides of the intermediate top sheet portion in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, an intermediate second convex ridge portion which is adjacent to an endmost portion of the intermediate top sheet portion in the first direction and is connected to the two intermediate first convex ridge portions, two intermediate side walls connected to the two intermediate first convex ridge portions, an intermediate end wall adjacent to the intermediate second convex ridge portion, two intermediate corner walls which are adjacent to the two intermediate side walls and the intermediate end wall and have a curved shape as viewed in the direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, an intermediate concave ridge portion adjacent to the two intermediate side walls, the intermediate end wall, and the two intermediate corner walls, and an intermediate outwardly-extending flange adjacent to the intermediate concave ridge portion, in which a radius of curvature of a cross section perpendicular to an extension direction of each of the two intermediate first convex ridge portions, the intermediate second convex ridge portion, and the intermediate concave ridge portion is greater than the radius of curvature of the cross section perpendicular to the extension direction of each of the two first convex ridge portions, the second convex ridge portion, and the concave ridge portion of the drawn body, an intermediate corner radius, which is a radius of curvature of the intermediate corner wall viewed in the direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction at a position spaced by 1.0 mm from a boundary between the intermediate outwardly-extending flange and the intermediate concave ridge portion along the intermediate corner wall, is greater than the corner radius of the corner wall of the drawn body, and an intermediate forming depth, which is a separation distance between the intermediate top sheet portion and the intermediate outwardly-extending flange in a direction perpendicular to the intermediate top sheet portion, is greater than the forming depth of the drawn body;

a second step of performing press working on the first intermediate drawn body by drawing using a second die, a second punch, and a second blank holder to reduce the radius of curvature of the cross section perpendicular to the extension direction of each of the two intermediate first convex ridge portion, the intermediate second convex ridge portion, and the intermediate concave ridge portion and the intermediate forming depth, thereby forming a second intermediate drawn body which has the radius of curvature of the cross section perpendicular to the extension direction of each of the two first convex ridge portions, the second convex ridge portion, and the concave ridge portion of the drawn body and the forming depth; and

a third step of pressing the intermediate end wall of the second intermediate drawn body in the first direction by a tightening tool while pressing an inner surface of the intermediate end wall of the first intermediate drawn body by an inner pad embedded in the second punch in a state in which the second intermediate drawn body is confined by the second die, the second punch, and the second blank holder, thereby reducing the intermediate corner radius of the intermediate corner wall.

5. The manufacturing method for the drawn body for a vehicle structural member according to claim 4 ,

wherein the intermediate forming depth is 1.1 to 2.0 times the forming depth,

the radii of curvature of the two intermediate first convex ridge portion, the intermediate second convex ridge portion, and the intermediate concave ridge portion are 1.2 to 30 times the radii of curvature of the two first convex ridge portions, the second convex ridge portion, and the concave ridge portion, respectively, and

the intermediate corner radius is 1.2 to 30 times the corner radius.

6. The manufacturing method for the drawn body for a vehicle structural member according to claim 4 ,

wherein the tightening tool is disposed so as to be movable in the first direction on the outside of the second die.

7. The manufacturing method for the drawn body for a vehicle structural member according to claim 4 ,

wherein the tightening tool is disposed so as to be movable in the first direction from the outside to the inside of the second die.

8. A manufacturing apparatus for the drawn body for a vehicle structural member according to claim 1 , the manufacturing apparatus comprising:

a first forming die having a first die, a first punch, and a first blank holder;

a second forming die having a second die, a second punch, and a second blank holder; and

a tightening tool,

wherein the first forming die performs press working on a blank having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more by drawing, thereby forming a first intermediate drawn body which includes an intermediate top sheet portion extending in the first direction, two intermediate first convex ridge portions adjacent to both sides of the intermediate top sheet portion in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, an intermediate second convex ridge portion which is adjacent to an endmost portion of the intermediate top sheet portion in the first direction and is connected to the two intermediate first convex ridge portions, two intermediate side walls connected to the two intermediate first convex ridge portions, an intermediate end wall adjacent to the intermediate second convex ridge portion, two intermediate corner walls which are adjacent to the two intermediate side walls and the intermediate end wall and have a curved shape as viewed in the direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, an intermediate concave ridge portion adjacent to the two intermediate side walls, the intermediate end wall, and the two intermediate corner walls, and an intermediate outwardly-extending flange adjacent to the intermediate concave ridge portion, in which a radius of curvature of a cross section perpendicular to an extension direction of each of the two intermediate first convex ridge portions, the intermediate second convex ridge portion, and the intermediate concave ridge portion is greater than the radius of curvature of the cross section perpendicular to the extension direction of each of the two first convex ridge portions, the second convex ridge portion, and the concave ridge portion of the drawn body, an intermediate corner radius, which is a radius of curvature of the intermediate corner wall viewed in the direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction at a position spaced by 1.0 mm from a boundary between the intermediate outwardly-extending flange and the intermediate concave ridge portion along the intermediate corner wall, is greater than the corner radius of the corner wall of the drawn body, and an intermediate forming depth, which is a separation distance between the intermediate top sheet portion and the intermediate outwardly-extending flange in a direction perpendicular to the intermediate top sheet portion, is greater than the forming depth of the drawn body,

the second forming die performs press forming on the first intermediate drawn body by drawing to reduce the radius of curvature of the cross section perpendicular to the extension direction of each of the two intermediate first convex ridge portion, the intermediate second convex ridge portion, and the intermediate concave ridge portion and the intermediate forming depth, thereby forming a second intermediate drawn body which has the radius of curvature of the cross section perpendicular to the extension direction of each of the two first convex ridge portions, the second convex ridge portion, and the concave ridge portion of the drawn body and the forming depth, and

the tightening tool presses the intermediate end wall of the second intermediate drawn body in the first direction while pressing an inner surface of the intermediate end wall of the first intermediate drawn body by an inner pad embedded in the second punch in a state in which the second intermediate drawn body is confined by the second forming die, thereby reducing the intermediate corner radius of the intermediate corner wall.

9. The manufacturing apparatus for the drawn body for a vehicle structural member according to claim 8 ,

wherein the intermediate forming depth is 1.1 to 2.0 times the forming depth,

the radii of curvature of the two intermediate first convex ridge portion, the intermediate second convex ridge portion, and the intermediate concave ridge portion are 1.2 to 30 times the radii of curvature of the two first convex ridge portions, the second convex ridge portion, and the concave ridge portion, respectively, and

the intermediate corner radius is 1.2 to 30 times the corner radius.

10. The manufacturing apparatus for the drawn body for a vehicle structural member according to claim 8 ,

wherein the tightening tool is disposed so as to be movable in the first direction on the outside of the second die.

11. The manufacturing apparatus for the drawn body for a vehicle structural member according to claim 8 ,

wherein the tightening tool is disposed so as to be movable in the first direction from the outside to the inside of the second die.

12. The drawn body for a vehicle structural member according to claim 1 ,

wherein the drawn body is a cold or warm drawn body formed of a high tensile strength steel sheet having a sheet thickness of 0.7 to 3.2 mm and a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.

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 Dec 12, 2018
From: OTSUKA, KENICHIRO; MIYAGI, TAKASHI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047757/0547 →