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Title:
PRESS-FORMED BUMPERREINFORCE HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY B-SHAPED CLOSED CROSS SECTION, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2002/055230
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A bumperreinforce used to promote automobile safety by improving automobile body rigidity or by absorbing collision-produced energy, the bumper reinforce being light in weight and high in safety and having a substantially B-shaped cross section. A method of producing such a bumperreinforce, characterized by comprising the steps of pressing a high tensile strength steel sheet to form a substantially U-shaped cross-section, pressing it to form a hat shape in the middle of the cross section, pressing it to form rising portions at the opposite ends of the cross section, pressing it to form oblique, substantially angle-shaped rising portions on the opposite sides of the cross section, pressing it from the opposite sides of the cross section, welding the joint, and bending it to form a longitudinal camber as seen in a plan view.

Inventors:
ANDO SHOSHI (JP)
HISAMA YOUICHI (JP)
OKADA HIDEO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2001/000009
Publication Date:
July 18, 2002
Filing Date:
January 04, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
FUTABA IND CO LTD (JP)
ANDO SHOSHI (JP)
HISAMA YOUICHI (JP)
OKADA HIDEO (JP)
International Classes:
B21C37/15; B21D53/88; B60R19/18; (IPC1-7): B21D53/88; B60R19/04
Foreign References:
JP2000334528A2000-12-05
JP2000334529A2000-12-05
JP2000334530A2000-12-05
JP2000335335A2000-12-05
JP2000335333A2000-12-05
JPH10236248A1998-09-08
JPH09141329A1997-06-03
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takeyama, Minekazu c/o Takeyama, Patent Office 2-23 (Renjaku-St. Okazaki-City, Aichi, JP)
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