Support beam
AssigneeNippon Steel Corporation
InventorsYukihiko Kimura, Kunihiro Yabuno, Keigo Minatani, Sam Soo Hwang, Kenji Tamura, Hiroshi Nogami, Koichiro Ishihara
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Abstract
A support beam includes a first supporting portion, a second supporting portion, and an arm connecting the first supporting portion to the second supporting portion. The arm includes a web and a flange. The flange includes a first end, a second end, and a center portion. The center portion of the flange is connected to an end of the web. The flange includes bent portions at which the center line of the thickness of the flange is bent outward in the extending direction of the web in the region between the first end and the second end in a transverse cross section of the arm.
Claims7
A support beam provided in a vehicle comprising:
- a first supporting portion, a second supporting portion, and an arm connecting the first supporting portion to the second supporting portion,
- the arm including a web and a flange,
- the flange including a first end, a second end, and a center portion connected to an end of the web,
- the flange including a bent portion at which a center line of a thickness of the flange is bent outward in an extending direction of the web in a region between the first end and the second end in a transverse cross section of the arm,
- wherein the center line of a thickness of the flange is bent outward in an extending direction of the web from the bent portion to the first end, and
- the first end is located outward of the center portion in the extending direction of the web.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.