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Granted Patent B2
US 12,319,215 · App. 17/973,211 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Vehicle structure

Inventors: Masayuki Ishizuka (Ehime, JP); Satoshi Shimizu (Ehime, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
B60R19/18B60R16/0215B60R2019/1806B62D25/025
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Patent No.
US 12,319,215
App. No.
17/973,211
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a vehicle structure including: a pipe member forming a part of a frame of a vehicle; and a wire-shaped body having flexibility, in which the pipe member includes a pipe portion forming a pipe shape and a flange portion formed to protrude from the pipe portion, and is formed of one member in which the pipe portion and the flange portion are continuous with each other, and the wire-shaped body is disposed in at least one of a first state where the wire-shaped body is disposed along the flange portion and a second state where the wire-shaped body strides over the flange portion.

Claims (41)

1. A vehicle structure comprising:

a pipe member forming a part of a frame of a vehicle; and

a wire-shaped body having flexibility,

wherein the pipe member includes a pipe portion forming a pipe shape and a flange portion formed to protrude from the pipe portion, and is formed of one member in which the pipe portion and the flange portion are continuous with each other, and

the wire-shaped body is disposed in a state where the wire-shaped body is in contact with the flange portion and strides over the flange portion.

2. The vehicle structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wire-shaped body is disposed in a state outside the pipe portion.

3. The vehicle structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wire-shaped body is disposed in a state inside the pipe portion.

4. The vehicle structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the flange portion is formed along a center axis direction of the pipe portion.

5. The vehicle structure according to claim 4 ,

wherein a recessed portion which is formed in a groove shape is formed in the pipe portion along the center axis direction of the pipe portion.

6. The vehicle structure according to claim 5 ,

wherein two recessed portions are formed by being recessed in opposite directions.

7. The vehicle structure according to claim 4 ,

wherein a protrusion amount of the flange portion is in a range of from a smaller one of 0.5 times a thickness of a pipe wall of the pipe member and 1 mm to 20 times the thickness.

8. The vehicle structure according to claim 4 ,

wherein a protrusion amount of the flange portion is in a range of from a smaller one of 0.01 times a maximum value of a width of the pipe portion along a protruding direction of the flange portion and 1 mm to 1 time the maximum value.

9. The vehicle structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein two flange portions are formed to protrude in opposite directions.

10. The vehicle structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the flange portion is rounded along a circumferential direction of the pipe member.

11. The vehicle structure according to claim 10 ,

wherein the wire-shaped body is disposed in a state outside the pipe portion, and

a highest point of the wire-shaped body is the same as or lower than a height of a rounded portion.

12. The vehicle structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the flange portion includes a first flange portion having a large protrusion amount and a second flange portion having a small protrusion amount, and

a thickness or the number of the wire-shaped bodies on the first flange portion is larger than a thickness or the number of the wire-shaped bodies on the second flange portion.

13. The vehicle structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a reinforcement member joined to the pipe member to reinforce the pipe member,

wherein the reinforcement member includes a pipe shape forming portion forming a pipe shape between the pipe shape forming portion and the pipe member, and a bent portion formed by bending an edge portion of the pipe shape forming portion, and

the wire-shaped body strides over the bent portion.

14. The vehicle structure according to claim 13 ,

wherein the bent portion has a smaller protrusion amount than a protrusion amount of the flange portion.

15. The vehicle structure according to claim 14 ,

wherein the bent portion is joined to the flange portion.

16. The vehicle structure according to claim 15 ,

wherein a recessed portion which is formed in a groove shape is formed in the pipe shape forming portion along a center axis direction of the pipe portion.

17. The vehicle structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pipe member is used in the vehicle in a state where a protruding direction of the flange portion faces upward or downward.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2025
From: ISHIZUKA, MASAYUKI
To: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 070964/0671 →
EMPLOYEE AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 28, 2025
From: SHIMIZU, SATOSHI
To: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 071321/0608 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-078580 · Apr 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020045852 · Dec 9, 2020
Related Publication 20230044854A1 · Feb 9, 2023
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