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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2015
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Otsuka, Tokai, JP;
Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Takarazuka, JP;
Ryuichi Nishimura, Kimitsu, JP;
Yasunori Sawa, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Ono, Ichihara, JP;
Takeshi Kawachi, Kisarazu, JP;
NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This automobile member has a closed cross section including joint portions in which edge portions of two side walls of an inner panel are joined with edge portions of two side walls of an outer panel, in which in a first region, a first region outer height hoand a first region inner height hihave a constant value and the difference between the first region outer height hoand the first region inner height hiis smaller than the difference between a second region outer height hoand a second region inner height hi; in a second region, the second region outer height hohas a value which is larger than the second region inner height hiand constant, or the second region outer height hohas a value which is smaller than the second region inner height hiand constant; in a first transition region, a first transition region outer height hois continuously varied between the first region outer height hoand the second region outer height ho, and a first transition region inner height hiis continuously varied between the first region inner height hiand the second region inner height hi.