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Title:
HYDROFORMING METHOD, AND HYDROFORMED PARTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2009/014233
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Intended are to improve the yield by minimizing the discarding allowance of a tube end, to prevent a clamping wrinkle by loading an internal pressure, to reduce the number of hydroforming and previous tube-end working steps, to reduce the cost for a mold by simplifying the mold mechanism, and to sample hydroformed parts flanged all over the whole length. For these intentions, there is provided a hydroforming method. In this method, the ends of a metal tube are mounted in a state of being swelled out from a lower mold. A seal punch is gradually pushed to the end of the metal tube while injecting a pressure fluid through the inside of the seal punch into the metal tube, thereby to apply a predetermined pushing force. The pressure fluid fills up the inside of the metal tube thereby to apply a predetermined internal pressure. With the internal pressure and the pushing pressure being applied, an upper mold is then lowered to clamp and deform the tube end out of the mold, thereby to finish the working. Alternatively, after the clamping step, the internal pressure in the metal tube rises to finish the working. Further provided is a hydroformed part, which is so worked by that method as to have a flange all over the whole length in the longitudinal direction.

Inventors:
MIZUMURA MASAAKI (JP)
SATO KOICHI (JP)
KURIYAMA YUKIHISA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2008/063469
Publication Date:
January 29, 2009
Filing Date:
July 18, 2008
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
NIPPON STEEL CORP (JP)
MIZUMURA MASAAKI (JP)
SATO KOICHI (JP)
KURIYAMA YUKIHISA (JP)
International Classes:
B21D26/041; B21D26/043
Foreign References:
JP2004181477A2004-07-02
JP2000102825A2000-04-11
JPH0819820A1996-01-23
JPH10296347A1998-11-10
JP2004042077A2004-02-12
JP2001009529A2001-01-16
JP2001259754A2001-09-25
JP2006061944A2006-03-09
Other References:
See also references of EP 2172285A4
AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGY, vol. 57, no. 6, 2003, pages 23
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
AOKI, Atsushi et al. (Toranomon 37 Mori Bldg.5-1, Toranomon 3-chome,Minato-k, Tokyo 23, JP)
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