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US 2018/0126435 A1Published application
Bent member and manufacturing method for the same
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuji EGAWA, Toshiyuki TAGUCHI
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Abstract
A bent member is a bent member including a metallic plate that is a main body, reinforcing plates provided to extend along bent portions formed by bending the metallic plate. The reinforcing plate is fitted in the opening formed in the metallic plate, and are welded to the metallic plate.
Claims10
A bent member comprising:
- a first metallic plate having an opening;
- and
- a reinforcing plate fitted in the opening provided in the first metallic plate, the reinforcing plate being disposed at a bent portion formed by bending the first metallic plate, the reinforcing plate being welded to the first metallic plate.
A manufacturing method for a bent member comprising:
- forming an opening at a position of a first metallic plate where the first metallic plate is to be bent;
- fitting a metallic reinforcing plate into the opening;
- welding the reinforcing plate fitted into the opening to the first metallic plate;
- and
- bending the reinforcing plate welded to the first metallic plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.