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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Ryusuke Hioki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihaya Imamura, Kanagawa, JP;
KOBE STEEL, LTD., Kobe, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An electromagnetic forming method includes: a step of setting pipe periphery members at plural positions along an axial direction of a pipe material; a step of setting a coil unit on a side of one end, in the axial direction, of the pipe material, the coil unit including a conductor wound portion, conductor extension portions, and a resin-made conductor support portion; a step of setting a support member on a side of the other end, in the axial direction, of the pipe material; a coil unit holding step; a coil setting step; and a swaging step. The coil setting step and the swaging step are performed in this order at each of the plural positions of the pipe material while the coil unit is kept held by the support member.