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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Masanori Yasuyama, Kobe, JP;
Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Takaazuka, JP;
Masahito Tasaka, Kisarazu, JP;
Toshiya Suzuki, Amagasaki, JP;
Masahiro Nakata, Takatsuki, JP;
Hiroki Fujimoto, Amagasaki, JP;
Hitomi Nishibata, Amagasaki, JP;
Masanori Yasuyama, Kobe, JP;
Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Takaazuka, JP;
Masahito Tasaka, Kisarazu, JP;
Toshiya Suzuki, Amagasaki, JP;
Masahiro Nakata, Takatsuki, JP;
Hiroki Fujimoto, Amagasaki, JP;
Hitomi Nishibata, Amagasaki, JP;
NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A formed member is provided which can be manufactured at a low cost, which has excellent dimensional accuracy, which has excellent axial crushing properties and three-point bending properties, which has excellent bending stiffness and torsional stiffness, and which is suitable for use in a component of an automobile. The formed member () has a reinforcing member () which is joined by a weld () provided on a ridge portion (). It is manufactured by joining a flat sheet blank and a flat sheet reinforcing member () by a weld () and performing bending so that the weld () becomes a ridge portion ().