Automobile structural member and manufacturing method of the same

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PATENT NO 9902429
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14772537

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An automobile structural member (2) has a closed transverse section shape constituted with a first composing member (12) and a second composing member (13). The first composing member (12) has a vertical wall portion (12c), a bent portion (12b), and an inward flange (12a), and has a load transmission portion (20) formed in at least a part of a region being a region between the bent portion (12b) and the second composing member (13) and being a region of an extension of the vertical wall portion (12c) toward the second composing member (13) and which joins the bent portion (12b) and the second composing member (13). Thereby, a bending and crushing performance can be improved.

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  • NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Imamura, Takashi Tokyo, JP 79 557
Okada, Tohru Tokyo, JP 39 154
Sakamoto, Teruki Tokyo, JP 2 11
Yasuyama, Masanori Tokyo, JP 31 137

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