# US 2014/0360244 A1 · Bending pliers

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- Number: US 2014/0360244 A1
- Document ID: US20140360244A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/296,687
- Filed: 2014-06-05
- Published: 2014-12-11
- Earliest claimed: 2013-06-07
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hideki ARAI; Hiroyuki HANADA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140360244A1

## CPC

- B25B 7/02: Jaws
- B21D 39/025: {Hand tools}
- B25B 7/08: with fixed fulcrum
- B21D 7/063: {Pliers with forming dies}
- B21D 19/12: Edge-curling
- B21D 39/021: {for panels, e.g. vehicle doors}
- B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING
- B21D: WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL (working or processing of wire B21F)

## Abstract

Bending pliers include first and second plier bodies connected together relatively turnably in mutually intersecting intermediate portions thereof by a pivot shaft, the bodies including first and second holding arms formed on one-end sides of the bodies, respectively, the arms respectively having plate-shaped first and second claw portions formed in their respective tip end portions and configured to hold a panel to be bent, and first and second handles formed on opposite-end sides of the bodies, respectively, and configured to open and close the arms, wherein a columnar bending fulcrum portion extending parallel to the shaft and projecting toward the second claw portion is formed at a tip end of the first claw portion, and a tip end of the second claw portion faces the fulcrum portion with a gap therebetween. The pliers form the bead portion in a smooth tubular shape in a folded portion of the panel.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Bending pliers comprising:
first and second plier bodies connected together to be turnable relative to each other in mutually intersecting intermediate portions thereof by use of a pivot shaft,
the first and second plier bodies including
first and second holding arms formed on one-end sides of the first and second plier bodies, respectively, the first and second holding arms respectively having first and second claw portions formed in their respective tip end portions and configured to hold a panel which is to be bent, and
first and second handles formed on opposite-end sides of the first and second plier bodies, respectively, and configured to open and close the first and second holding arms,
wherein a columnar bending fulcrum portion extending parallel to the pivot shaft and projecting toward the second claw portion is formed at a tip end of the first claw portion, and
a tip end of the second claw portion is opposed to the bending fulcrum portion with a gap therebetween.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The bending pliers according to claim 1, wherein
the first and second holding arms are formed by bending while locating the second holding arm inside, and
the first and second handles are formed by bending while locating the first handle inside.