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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2012
Strength member for an automobile body, front side member, and side structure for an automobile body
Michitaka Yoshida, Amagasaki, JP;
Nobusato Kojima, Amagasaki, JP;
Atsushi Tomizawa, Minou, JP;
Naoaki Shimada, Osaka, JP;
Michitaka Yoshida, Amagasaki, JP;
Nobusato Kojima, Amagasaki, JP;
Atsushi Tomizawa, Minou, JP;
Naoaki Shimada, Osaka, JP;
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A front side member having a single body formed from a tubular body having a closed cross section has a front portion which extends in the fore and aft direction of a vehicle body, a sloping portion which is continuous with the front portion and slopes downwards along a dash panel, and a rear portion continuous with the sloping portion and extending along the bottom surface of a floor panel joined to the dash panel. A portion of the front portion is an unquenched portion which has not undergone quenching treatment and the remainder is a high frequency quenched portion which has undergone high frequency quenching. The sloping portion is a high frequency quenched portion. A portion of the rear portion is an unquenched portion which has not undergone quenching and the remainder other than that portion is a high frequency quenched portion which has undergone high frequency quenching.