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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2021
Applicant:
Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd., Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Akiyoshi Yamamoto, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1806 (2013.01);
Abstract
A press-formed vehicle structural member includes: a top wall; a pair of lateral walls extending from opposite edges of the top wall in a broadening manner; and a pair of flanges bending outwardly from edges of the lateral walls, wherein the vehicle structural member has a hat-shaped cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle structural member. In some embodiments, a bending angle between the lateral walls and the flanges is 87° to 94°. In some embodiments, a length of the flanges from the lateral wall is greater than 11 mm.