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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshimune Mori, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
KOBE STEEL, LTD., Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/06 (2005.12); B21D 39/20 (2005.12); B21D 53/88 (2005.12); B62D 25/14 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/145 (2012.12); B21D 39/06 (2012.12); B21D 39/206 (2012.12); B21D 39/063 (2012.12); B21D 53/88 (2012.12); Y10T 29/4987 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49938 (2015.01); Y10T 29/4994 (2015.01);
Abstract
A vehicle structural memberincludes a tube body having an expanded tube portion that is partially expanded, and a wall surface body having a first wall provided with a first through-hole, a second wall provided with a second through-hole, and a connecting wall connecting the first wall and the second wall. The tube body is inserted through the first through-hole and the second through-hole, and is joined to the wall surface body by being pressure welded to the first through-hole and the second through-hole. The expanded tube portion is provided only between the first wall and the second wall.