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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2019
Nichias Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Imanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Wasada, Tokyo, JP;
Futoshi Tanaka, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
NICHIAS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multi-layered metal sheet is disclosed formed of a laminate of a plurality of metal sheets fixed to each other by a clinch formed in a concave shape from one main surface toward another main surface, the clinch has an schematic pillar shape, the clinch being defined by an open top, a pair of cut surfaces which are respectively formed from the open top toward a bottom, a pair of inclined surfaces respectively inclined from the open top toward the bottom, transitional surfaces which connect the cut surfaces and the inclined surfaces to each other, and the bottom having overlapping parts which extend over the main surface of the multi-layered metal sheet on a lower side immediately below the cut surfaces, and lengthwise end portions of a cut formed in each of upper edge portions of the cut surfaces are disposed on upper edge portions of the transitional surfaces.