US 2022/0033922 A1 · HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE BODY COMPONENT

Abstract

An heat treatment apparatus for a vehicle body component includes, a jig base, a lower fixed die fixedly installed on the jig base and supporting the vehicle body component that is press-molded into a predetermined shape, a heating unit installed on the lower fixed die and locally heating the vehicle body component, a plurality of side movable dies that can move reciprocally disposed at both sides of the lower fixed die, installed on the jig base, and selectively combinable with the lower fixed die, a cooling unit installed on each side movable die and cooling a heating portion of the vehicle body component, and an upper movable die that can move reciprocally in the up and down direction correspondingly to the lower fixed die, and configured to clamp the vehicle body component through the lower fixed die and at least one of the side movable dies combined together.

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Dependent claims

A heat treatment apparatus for a vehicle body component, the heat treatment apparatus comprising:

a jig base;
a lower fixed die fixedly installed on the jig base and configured to support the vehicle body component;
a heating unit installed on the lower fixed die and configured to locally heat the vehicle body component;
a plurality of side movable dies disposed at both sides of the lower fixed die and installed on the jig base, wherein the plurality of side movable dies is configured to move reciprocally and is selectively assembled with the lower fixed die;
a cooling unit installed on each side movable die of the plurality of side movable dies and configured to cool a heating portion of the vehicle body component;
and
an upper movable die configured to move reciprocally in an up and down direction correspondingly to the lower fixed die, and clamp the vehicle body component through the lower fixed die and at least one side movable die of the plurality of side movable die assembled together.

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A heat treatment apparatus for local heat treatment of a vehicle body component, the heat treatment apparatus comprising:

a lower fixed die fixedly installed on a jig base and configured to support a lower surface of the vehicle body component;
an induction coil installed on the lower fixed die and disposed at a predetermined gap with a heating portion of the vehicle body component;
a plurality of side movable dies disposed at both sides of the lower fixed die, installed on the jig base, and configured to support both edge portions of the vehicle body component, wherein the plurality of side movable dies is configured to move reciprocally and selectively assemble with the lower fixed die;
a plurality of coolant injection members installed on each side moveable die of the plurality of side movable dies and configured to inject coolant to the heating portion of the vehicle body component;
and
an upper movable die configured to move reciprocally in an up and down direction correspondingly to the lower fixed die, and clamp the vehicle body component through the lower fixed die and at least one side movable die of the plurality of side movable die assembled together.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Heat treatment apparatus for vehicle body component

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Heat treatment apparatus for vehicle body component

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Abstract

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