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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2021
Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Hiroyasu Kosaka, Aichi, JP;
TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a vehicle center pillar member is formed to have a hat-shaped cross-section by press-molding a tailored blank material formed by joining a plurality of members in a longitudinal direction along at least one joining line. The vehicle center pillar member includes a top plate portion and vertical wall portions on both sides of the top plate portion. The at least one joining line of the tailored blank material in the vertical wall portions is in the same direction as a pressing direction during press molding. According to the embodiment, in a configuration of the tailored blank material, the at least one joining line is bent in such a shape that members on both sides forming the tailored blank material are fitted together in a concave-convex manner in the top plate portion.