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Granted Patent B2
US 11,718,347 · App. 17/292,945 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Frame member

Inventors: Hiroaki Kubota (Tokyo, JP); Yuri Toda (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Kawata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,718,347
App. No.
17/292,945
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The frame member has a flat sheet portion with a recessed portion having a pair of wall portions and a bottom portion extending between tip portions in an extending direction of the pair of wall portions, in which a Vickers hardness of a region of the flat sheet portion excluding the recessed portion is 330 Hv or more, a depth of the recessed portion is 5 mm or more, when a width of the recessed portion is L 0 and a cross-sectional length of an inner peripheral wall of the recessed portion consisting of the pair of wall portions and the bottom portion is L 1 , a value of (L 1 −L 0 )/L 0 is 0.18 or more and 2.8 or less, and a Vickers hardness of a ridgeline portion extending between the flat sheet portion and the recessed portion is 1.06 times or more and 1.20 times or less the Vickers hardness of the region of the flat sheet portion excluding the recessed portion.

Claims (14)

1. A frame member having a flat sheet portion with a recessed portion having a pair of wall portions and a bottom portion extending between tip portions in an extending direction of the pair of wall portions,

a Vickers hardness of a region of the flat sheet portion excluding the recessed portion is 330 Hv or more,

a depth of the recessed portion is 5 mm or more,

when a width of the recessed portion is L 0 and a cross-sectional length of an inner peripheral wall of the recessed portion consisting of the pair of wall portions and the bottom portion is L 1 , a value of (L 1 −L 0 )/L 0 is 0.18 or more and 2.8 or less, and

a Vickers hardness of a ridgeline portion extending between the flat sheet portion and the recessed portion is 1.06 times or more and 1.20 times or less the Vickers hardness of the region of the flat sheet portion excluding the recessed portion.

2. The frame member according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the recessed portion is 80 mm or less.

3. The frame member according to claim 1 , wherein the depth of the recessed portion is 20 mm or less.

4. The frame member according to claim 1 , wherein the value of (L 1 −L 0 )/L 0 is 0.18 or more and 1.8 or less.

5. The frame member according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the width of the recessed portion to a width along a surface position of the bottom portion is 0.70 or more and 1.20 or less.

6. A frame member having a flat sheet portion with a recessed portion having a pair of wall portions and a bottom portion extending between tip portions in an extending direction of the pair of wall portions,

a Vickers hardness of a region of the flat sheet portion excluding the recessed portion is 330 Hv or more,

a depth of the recessed portion is 5 mm or more,

when a width of the recessed portion is L 0 and a cross-sectional length of an inner peripheral wall of the recessed portion comprising the pair of wall portions and the bottom portion is L 1 , a value of (L 1 −L 0 )/L 0 is 0.18 or more and 2.8 or less, and

a Vickers hardness of a ridgeline portion extending between the flat sheet portion and the recessed portion is 1.06 times or more and 1.20 times or less the Vickers hardness of the region of the flat sheet portion excluding the recessed portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2021
From: KUBOTA, HIROAKI; TODA, YURI; KAWATA, HIROYUKI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056219/0556 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-213991 · Nov 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220001929A1 · Jan 6, 2022