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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Yasuharu Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Miyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Misao Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Uchiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuharu Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Miyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Misao Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Uchiyama, Tokyo, JP;
NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A forming method that forms a press component with an L shape from a blank metal sheet, the press component having a top sheet section and a vertical wall section which is connected to the top sheet section via a bent section having a part curved in an arc shape and which has a flange section on an opposite side to the bent section, the top sheet section being arranged on an outside of the arc of the vertical wall section, the method including: disposing the blank metal sheet between a die and both of a pad and a bending die; and forming the vertical wall section and the flange section while at least a part of the blank metal sheet is caused to slide on a part of the die corresponding to the top sheet section.