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US 10,118,254 B2Granted
Manufacturing method for a side body structure of a vehicle and a side body structure of a vehicle
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorKensuke Sakai
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Abstract
A member joining method includes the steps of forming an opening in an intermediate member composed of one part or at least two superposed parts, embedding an insert member formed of metal in the opening, placing a skin member formed of metal on an outer surface of the intermediate member such that the intermediate member is held on an inner side of the skin member, and joining the skin member to the insert member.
Claims10
A manufacturing method for a side body structure of a vehicle comprising:
- superposing an inner reinforcement and an outer reinforcement that include any one of aluminum alloy and carbon fiber reinforced composite material so as to be defined an opening that penetrate inner reinforcement and the outer reinforcement;
- embedding an insert member formed of steel material in the opening;
- placing a side sill inner portion and a side sill outer portion oppositely to each other so that the insert member, the inner reinforcement and the outer reinforcement are disposed between the side sill inner portion and the side sill outer portion, the side sill inner portion and the side sill outer portion being formed of steel material;
- welding the side sill inner portion and the side sill outer portion to the insert member;
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- joining the inner reinforcement, the outer reinforcement, the side sill inner portion and the side sill outer portion with the side body structure of the vehicle, a reinforcement member that includes the inner reinforcement and the outer reinforcement being configured a hollow structure.
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A side body structure of a vehicle comprising:
- a reinforcement member, of a side sill of the vehicle, comprising an inner reinforcement and an outer reinforcement superposed to the inner reinforcement, and configured a hollow structure the inner reinforcement and the outer reinforcement including any one of aluminum alloy and carbon fiber reinforced composite material;
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- a side sill member comprising a side sill inner portion and a side sill outer portion disposed oppositely to the side sill inner portion across the reinforcement member, the side sill inner portion and the side sill outer portion being formed of steel material;
- wherein the reinforcement member includes a superposed portion that the inner reinforcement and the outer reinforcement are superposed and an opening that penetrates the inner reinforcement and the outer reinforcement, and
- wherein an insert member formed of steel material is embedded in the opening, and is fixedly welded to the side sill inner portion and the side sill outer portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.