Joining method for members and joint body

    公开(公告)号:US11084083B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-10

    申请号:US16472303

    申请日:2017-12-28

    申请人: KOBE STEEL, LTD.

    IPC分类号: B21D39/06 B60R19/24 B62D65/16

    摘要: In a joining method for members, a tube body having a center axis L, a wall surface body having a hole portion through which the tube body can be inserted, and an elastic body that can be inserted in the tube body are prepared. The tube body has an inner rib extending in a direction of the center axis so as to partition an inside thereof, and the inner rib has notches cut from a lower end of the inner rib in the direction of the center axis. Next, the tube body is inserted through the hole portion in the wall surface body, and the elastic body is inserted into internal spaces partitioned by the inner rib of the tube body. Furthermore, the elastic body is compressed in the direction of the center axis of the tube body and expanded outward in a radial direction with respect to the center axis, whereby an end of the tube body is expanded and deformed to be joined to the wall surface body by press-fitting.

    Element joint and manufacturing method therefor

    公开(公告)号:US12104719B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17286924

    申请日:2019-12-04

    申请人: KOBE STEEL, LTD.

    摘要: The element joint is obtained by joining: a long pipe; a short pipe made of a quality of material having a strength equal to or higher than a strength of the long pipe; and a plate material made of a quality of material having a strength equal to or higher than a strength of the short pipe. In the element joint, at least one member of the long pipe and the short pipe includes a pipe-shaped portion, and the pipe-shaped portion of the one member is pipe-expanded and joined to the other member by press-fitting. The short pipe and the plate material are welded to each other.

    Extruded material and method for producing the same

    公开(公告)号:US12083570B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US18189093

    申请日:2023-03-23

    申请人: KOBE STEEL, LTD.

    IPC分类号: B21C26/00 B21C23/08

    CPC分类号: B21C23/085 B21C26/00

    摘要: An extruded material includes a peripheral wall having a closed loop-shaped cross-section and defining a hollow, and a middle rib connected to an inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall and dividing the hollow. The extruded material is provided with a corrected portion set at a predetermined portion in a longitudinal direction and subjected to correction processing, and an uncorrected portion not subjected to the correction processing. The peripheral wall is expanded outward with respect to an original shape of the uncorrected portion in the corrected portion. While the middle rib is curved with respect to an imaginary straight line connecting connecting portions connected with the peripheral wall at both end portions of the middle rib in the uncorrected portion, the middle rib has a smaller degree of curvature than the original shape of the uncorrected portion in the corrected portion.

    Joined body and method for manufacturing same

    公开(公告)号:US11433450B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-06

    申请号:US16955711

    申请日:2018-11-06

    申请人: KOBE STEEL, LTD.

    摘要: A joined body includes: a first member having a pipe shape; and a second member including a wall portion having a plate shape, and a flange portion having a cylinder shape provided with an insertion hole through which the first member is inserted. In a state where the first member is inserted into the insertion hole of the flange portion of the second member, the first member and the second member are joined with the first member pipe-expanded. A material of the second member is larger than a material of the first member in a spring-back amount.

    Vehicular structure
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10974673B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US16495299

    申请日:2018-03-13

    申请人: KOBE STEEL, LTD.

    摘要: A vehicular structure includes: a first member formed in a tubular shape and having protrusions on an outer periphery thereof; and a second member formed in a tubular shape and having a locking wall with a hole in which the first member is inserted. The first member is joined to the second member such that a portion of the first member that is inserted in the hole of the second member is expanded, and the protrusions are in contact with the locking wall of the second member.

    Bead forming method and structural member

    公开(公告)号:US12109605B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US17289149

    申请日:2019-10-10

    申请人: Kobe Steel, Ltd.

    摘要: A bead forming method includes the steps of preparing a bumper stay having a partition wall that partitions an internal space and extends in a longitudinal direction, an elastic body that can be inserted into the bumper stay, and a pusher that presses the elastic body; inserting the elastic body into the bumper stay and arranging the elastic body in the bumper stay so as not to come into contact with the partition wall; and forming a buckling bead by compressing the elastic body in the longitudinal direction of the bumper stay by the pusher to expand the elastic body outward in a radial direction without coming into contact with the partition wall, thereby bulging a part of an outer wall of the bumper stay outward in the radial direction without deforming the partition wall.

    Structural member for vehicle
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11472359B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US16977456

    申请日:2019-02-04

    申请人: KOBE STEEL, LTD.

    IPC分类号: B60R19/26 B60R19/18 B60R19/02

    摘要: A structural member for a vehicle includes bumper stays having a tubular configuration and fixed to each of front ends of a pair of front side members included in a vehicle, and a tubular bumper beam provided with holes and into which the bumper stay is inserted. Each of the bumper stays includes a first shock absorbing portion and a second shock absorbing portion provided adjacent to the first shock absorbing portion on an outer side.