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Granted Patent B2
US 12,024,229 · App. 17/787,796 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Lateral surface member structure of vehicle body

Inventors: Yasunori Ito (Tokyo, JP); Yutaka Mikazuki (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuharu Yamagata (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Niwa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
B62D21/157B62D25/025B62D25/2036B60K1/04B60K2001/0438
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Patent No.
US 12,024,229
App. No.
17/787,796
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lateral surface member structure ( 100 ) of a vehicle body ( 1 ) includes a tubular body ( 110 ) extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body ( 1 ) and an impact absorbing member ( 120 ) disposed inside the tubular body ( 110 ). The impact absorbing member ( 120 ) includes a web ( 121 ) extending along the front-rear direction and flat in a vehicle width direction, a vehicle outer flange ( 122 ) joined to a vehicle outer end portion of the web ( 121 ) and extending along the front-rear direction, and a vehicle inner flange ( 123 ) joined to a vehicle inner end portion of the web ( 121 ) and extending along the front-rear direction. The vehicle outer flange ( 122 ) and the vehicle inner flange ( 123 ) each include a rib ( 122 R, 123 R) disposed so as to sandwich the web ( 121 ) from above and below and extending along the front-rear direction.

Claims (40)

1. A lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body, comprising:

a tubular body extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body; and

an impact absorbing member disposed inside the tubular body,

wherein the impact absorbing member includes

a web extending along the front-rear direction and flat in a vehicle width direction,

a vehicle outer flange joined to a vehicle outer end portion of the web and extending along the front-rear direction, and

a vehicle inner flange joined to a vehicle inner end portion of the web and extending along the front-rear direction, and

the vehicle outer flange and the vehicle inner flange include a rib disposed so as to sandwich the web from above and below and extending along the front-rear direction.

2. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the web is compressed in an up-down direction in a state of being sandwiched from above and below by the rib.

3. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 1 ,

wherein a sheet thickness of the web is equal to or less than a sheet thickness of the vehicle outer flange and a sheet thickness of the vehicle inner flange.

4. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rib and the web are joined to each other.

5. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the web is a wavy sheet that is repeatedly bent up and down alternately along the front-rear direction.

6. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the web is a metal porous body.

7. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the web is formed by arranging a plurality of pipes having a central axis along the vehicle width direction along the front-rear direction.

8. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 7 ,

wherein a first pipe and a second pipe adjacent to each other in the plurality of pipes are joined to each other.

9. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the tubular body has a support portion that is supported in the vehicle width direction by an intersecting member which intersects in the vehicle width direction, and

wherein a sheet thickness of the vehicle outer flange and a sheet thickness of the vehicle inner flange have different portion in the front-rear direction according to a bending moment distribution generated in a cross section of the tubular body perpendicular to the front-rear direction when a load is applied to a middle portion of the tubular body excluding the support portion in the vehicle width direction.

10. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 2 ,

wherein a sheet thickness of the web is equal to or less than a sheet thickness of the vehicle outer flange and a sheet thickness of the vehicle inner flange.

11. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 2 ,

wherein the rib and the web are joined to each other.

12. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 2 ,

wherein the web is a wavy sheet that is repeatedly bent up and down alternately along the front-rear direction.

13. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 2 ,

wherein the web is a metal porous body.

14. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 2 ,

wherein the web is formed by arranging a plurality of pipes having a central axis along the vehicle width direction along the front-rear direction.

15. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 14 ,

wherein a first pipe and a second pipe adjacent to each other in the plurality of pipes are joined to each other.

16. The lateral surface member structure of a vehicle body according to claim 2 ,

wherein the tubular body has a support portion that is supported in the vehicle width direction by an intersecting member which intersects in the vehicle width direction, and

wherein a sheet thickness of the vehicle outer flange and a sheet thickness of the vehicle inner flange have different portion in the front-rear direction according to a bending moment distribution generated in a cross section of the tubular body perpendicular to the front-rear direction when a load is applied to a middle portion of the tubular body excluding the support portion in the vehicle width direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2022
From: ITO, YASUNORI; MIKAZUKI, YUTAKA; YAMAGATA, MITSUHARU; NIWA, TOSHIYUKI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060278/0667 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-017225 · Feb 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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