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.

    Method for joining members
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11701701B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-18

    申请号:US17762243

    申请日:2020-09-14

    申请人: Kobe Steel, Ltd.

    IPC分类号: B21D39/20

    CPC分类号: B21D39/206

    摘要: A method joins members for joining a first member being cylindrical and a second member being plate-shaped and having an opening. This method includes: inserting a first member into an opening of the second member; inserting an elastic body into the first member; guiding an outer diameter side of the first member with a pair of outer dies on both sides of the second member; and compressing an elastic body in the first member with a pair of inner dies. The inner dies compress the elastic body within a range in which the outer dies are positioned.

    Method for joining members and joined body

    公开(公告)号:US11110874B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-07

    申请号:US16488555

    申请日:2018-03-13

    申请人: KOBE STEEL, LTD.

    摘要: A method for joining members according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: providing a bumper stay including two integrated pipe portions extending in an identical direction, the bumper stay including a recess provided between the pipe portions being adjacent to each other, the recess extending in a longitudinal direction of the pipe portions from end surfaces of the pipe portions, a part of the recess serving as a locking portion, and a bumper beam including a rear inclined wall formed with two hole portions into which the pipe portions of the bumper stay are insertable respectively; inserting the bumper stay into the hole portions of the bumper beam until the locking portion abuts on the rear inclined wall; and pipe-expanding an insertion portion of the bumper stay into the bumper beam to join the insertion portion to the bumper beam by press-fitting.

    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.