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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Tetsuji Egawa, Okazaki, JP;
Masahide Tatsutomi, Toyota, JP;
Tetsuya Asai, Miyoshi, JP;
Shota Shimizu, Nisshin, JP;
Takuya Shintani, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A press apparatus according to an embodiment includes an upper die and a lower die, and configured to manufacture a different-thickness metal plate, in which: the lower die includes: a wall surface facing a cavity; a fixing part configured to fix both ends of the metal plate, the both ends of the metal plate being placed so that its plate surface faces upward; and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the metal plate so that the metal plate is brought into an upright position along the wall surface; and the upper die includes: a slide moving part including an opposed surface opposed to the wall surface and configured to descend in the cavity along the wall surface; and a cutting tool disposed on the opposed surface; and shaving is carried out on at least a part of the plate surface of the metal plate.