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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2013
Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Urabe, Tokyo, JP;
JFE STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A press forming method of press forming a formed part including a top portion having a concave outer edge with a part of the outer edge being concave inwards and a flange portion subjected to bending forming along the concave outer edge of the top portion includes: a first forming step of forming a preformed shape part including, in a part where the flange portion is formed in a blank material, a vertical wall portion that becomes a part of the flange portion and a mountain shaped portion that is bent outwards from the vertical wall portion and is convex towards the top portion; and a second forming step of forming the flange portion by performing bending forming on a part including the mountain shaped portion of the preformed shape part formed at the first forming step along a bending line that is a boundary from the vertical wall portion.