# US 2023/0057735 A1 · Manufacturing method of press formed product, press forming apparatus, and press forming line

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- Number: US 2023/0057735 A1
- Document ID: US20230057735A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/784,295
- Filed: 2020-12-17
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Earliest claimed: 2019-12-18
- Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation
- Applicants: Nippon Steel Corporation
- Inventors: Soma SONOBE; Satoshi SHIRAKAMI; Takashi ARIGA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230057735A1

## CPC

- B21D 19/08: by single or successive action of pressing tools, e.g. vice jaws
- B21D 22/26: for making peculiarly, e.g. irregularly, shaped articles
- B21D 22/22: with devices for holding the edge of the blanks (B21D22/24 - B21D22/30 take precedence; shaping over a die without external former B21D11/02)
- B21D 25/00: Working sheet metal of limited length by stretching, e.g. for straightening
- B21D 37/08: Dies with different parts for several steps in a process
- B21D 53/88: other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards
- 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

A manufacturing method of a press forming product, includes: constraining a first face of an intermediate formed product, the intermediate formed product including the first face, a raised face, and a first ridgeline located between the first face and the raised face, and performing flange forming of press forming the raised face into a second face, a flange, and a second ridgeline located between the second face and the flange, wherein: the first ridgeline extends while being convexly curved in a direction from the raised face toward the first face, and the second ridgeline extends while being convexly curved in a direction from the flange toward the second face, viewed from a press direction of the press forming; a convex direction of the first ridgeline in a cross section along the press direction intersecting with the first ridgeline and a convex direction of the second ridgeline in a cross section along the press direction intersecting with the second ridgeline are on the same side; a curvature radius, on a straight line orthogonal to the second ridgeline, in an extending direction of the first ridgeline at an intersection with the straight line in the intermediate formed product is larger than a curvature radius in an extending direction of the second ridgeline on the straight line after the flange forming step; and an angle formed by the second face at a position corresponding to the first ridgeline after the flange forming step is larger than an angle formed by the raised face and the first face which are adjacent to the first ridgeline in the intermediate formed product.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A manufacturing method of a press forming product, the method comprising:
constraining a first face of an intermediate formed product, the intermediate formed product comprising the first face, a raised face, and a first ridgeline located between the first face and the raised face, and performing flange forming of press forming the raised face into a second face, a flange, and a second ridgeline located between the second face and the flange, wherein:
the first ridgeline extends while being convexly curved in a direction from the raised face toward the first face, and the second ridgeline extends while being convexly curved in a direction from the flange toward the second face, viewed from a press direction of the press forming;
a convex direction of the first ridgeline in a cross section along the press direction intersecting with the first ridgeline and a convex direction of the second ridgeline in a cross section along the press direction intersecting with the second ridgeline are on the same side;
a curvature radius, on a straight line orthogonal to the second ridgeline, in an extending direction of the first ridgeline at an intersection with the straight line in the intermediate formed product is larger than a curvature radius in an extending direction of the second ridgeline on the straight line after the flange forming; and
an angle formed by the second face at a position corresponding to the first ridgeline after the flange forming is larger than an angle formed by the raised face and the first face which are adjacent to the first ridgeline in the intermediate formed product.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The manufacturing method of a press forming product according to claim 1, wherein
a length from the first ridgeline to a tip of the raised face in the intermediate formed product is 1.00 to 1.05 times a length from the position corresponding to the first ridgeline to a tip of the flange after the flange forming.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The manufacturing method of a press forming product according to claim 1 , wherein
a height of the raised face in the intermediate formed product is equal to or larger than a height of the flange after the flange forming.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The manufacturing method of a press forming product according to claim 1, wherein
a curvature radius in an extending direction of a ridgeline-corresponding part being a portion in the intermediate formed product which becomes the second ridgeline is 1.29 times or less the curvature radius in the extending direction of the second ridgeline after the flange forming.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The manufacturing method of a press forming product according to claim 1, wherein
the raised face of the intermediate formed product is formed to be a curved line convex toward the press direction in a cross section along the press direction intersecting with the first ridgeline.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The manufacturing method of a press forming product according to claim 1, further comprising
a preforming step of forming the intermediate formed product.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The manufacturing method of a press forming product according to claim 6, further comprising
a trim step after the preforming step, wherein
in the trim step, a tip portion of the raised face is cut according to the height of the flange formed in the flange forming step.

### Claim 8

A press forming apparatus, comprising
a punch, a die, and a pad, wherein:
the punch comprises a punch vertical wall part, a punch bottom face part, and a concave ridgeline part located between the punch vertical wall part and the punch bottom face part;
the die comprises a die vertical wall part, a die bottom face part, and a die shoulder ridgeline part located between the die vertical wall part and the die bottom face part;
the pad comprises a pad vertical wall part, a pad bottom face part, and a pad ridgeline part located between the pad vertical wall part and the pad bottom face part;
the pad ridgeline part extends while being convexly curved in a direction from the die toward the pad in a state viewed in a press direction;
the die shoulder ridgeline part extends while being convexly curved in a direction from the punch vertical wall part toward the die vertical wall part in the state viewed in the press direction;
the pad vertical wall part is arranged adjacent to the die;
the punch vertical wall part and the die vertical wall part are oppositely adjacent to each other at a forming bottom dead center;
the punch bottom face part and the die bottom face part are oppositely adjacent to each other at the forming bottom dead center;
the pad bottom face part and the punch bottom face part are oppositely adjacent to each other at the forming bottom dead center; and
a curvature radius, on a straight line orthogonal to the die shoulder ridgeline part, in an extending direction of the pad ridgeline part at an intersection with the straight line is larger than a curvature radius in an extending direction of the die shoulder ridgeline part on the straight line.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

A press forming line comprising
the press forming apparatus according to claim 8 and a preforming apparatus, wherein:
the preforming apparatus comprises a preforming punch and a preforming die;
the preforming punch comprises a preforming punch vertical wall part, a preforming punch bottom face part, and a preforming punch concave ridgeline part located between the preforming punch vertical wall part and the preforming punch bottom face part;
the preforming die comprises a preforming die vertical wall part, a preforming die bottom face part, and a preforming die shoulder ridgeline part located between the preforming die vertical wall part and the preforming die bottom face part;
the preforming die shoulder ridgeline part extends while being convexly curved in a direction from the preforming punch vertical wall part toward the preforming die vertical wall part in a state viewed in a press direction;
the preforming punch vertical wall part and the preforming die vertical wall part are oppositely adjacent to each other at a forming bottom dead center;
the preforming punch bottom face part and the preforming die bottom face part are oppositely adjacent to each other at the forming bottom dead center;
a curvature radius in an extending direction of the preforming die shoulder ridgeline part at an intersection with a straight line orthogonal to the preforming die shoulder ridgeline part of the press forming apparatus and intersecting with the preforming die shoulder ridgeline part of the preforming apparatus is larger than a curvature radius in an extending direction of the die shoulder ridgeline part on the straight line; and
an angle formed by the die bottom face part and the pad bottom face part which are adjacent to the pad ridgeline part is larger than an angle formed by the preforming die vertical wall part and the preforming die bottom face part which are adjacent to the preforming die shoulder ridgeline part in a cross section along the press direction intersecting with the preforming die shoulder ridgeline part of the preforming die of the preforming apparatus and the pad ridgeline part of the pad of the press forming apparatus.