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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2000
Hiroshi Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Eizaburou Nakanishi, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Ooe, Yokohama, JP;
Masanobu Hayasaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Katamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
For forming a tubular work into a shaped hollow product by using hydroforming process, a method and a device are described. In the method, female and male dies are prepared. The female die has a longitudinally extending cavity which has a polygonal cross section when receiving the male die. The tubular work is placed into the cavity of the female die. The interior of the tubular work is then fed with a hydraulic fluid, and the pressure of the fluid is increased to a given level. The given level is smaller than a critical level that causes a bulging of the tubular work. The male die is then pressed against the tubular work to deform the same while keeping the hydraulic fluid at the given level, thereby forming a shaped hollow product that has a polygonal cross section that conforms to that of the cavity. The pressing work is continued until a circumferential length of the shaped hollow product becomes shorter than that of the tubular work.