Structural member of different materials
AssigneeKobe Steel, Ltd.
InventorsToru Hashimura, Koji Fukumoto, Naoto Takahashi
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Abstract
The invention provides a structural member of different materials having no different-material-bonded part between aluminum alloy material and steel material to be assembled. The structural member of different materials comprised of steel and aluminum alloy includes a first structural member including steel, and a second structural member having a part including steel and a part including aluminum alloy, the part including steel and the part including aluminum alloy being bonded by different-material bonding. The first structural member and the second structural member are bonded together only by bonding of steels between the part including steel of the second structural member and the first structural member.
Claims14
A structural member, comprising:
- (I) a first structural member comprising steel, wherein the first structural member comprises
- (I-a) an outer panel, and
- (I-b) an inner panel;
- and
- (II) a second structural member comprising
- (II-a) a first part comprising steel, and
- (II-b) a second part comprising an aluminum alloy,
- wherein the first part and the second part are bonded by different-material bonding, and
- wherein the first structural member and the second structural member are bonded together only by bonding of steels between the first part of the second structural member and at least one of the outer panel and the inner panel of the first structural member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.