Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automobile roof reinforcement member
- Patent Title (中): 汽车屋顶加强件
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Application No.: US12337811Application Date: 2008-12-18
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Publication No.: US07699386B2Publication Date: 2010-04-20
- Inventor: Koji Fukumoto
- Applicant: Koji Fukumoto
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe-shi
- Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-023259 20080201
- Main IPC: B60J7/00
- IPC: B60J7/00

Abstract:
The invention provides a roof reinforcement member including an extruded aluminum alloy part which is upwardly convex and extends in a vehicle lateral direction. The extruded aluminum alloy part includes a pair of upper and lower flanges approximately parallel-facing each other as seen in a cross-section thereof and a pair of webs formed to stand along the vehicle height direction. The pair of flanges and the pair of webs form a closed sectional part. The pair of flanges each have a projecting flange portion. In the cross-section, the lower flange is thicker than the upper flange and/or the lower flange is wider than the upper flange, and the neutral axis of upward/downward bending is positioned lower than the middle of the height of the cross-section. This arrangement can reduce the stress generated on the lower side of the cross-section when the extruded aluminum alloy part is bent, so that the extruded aluminum alloy part can be effectively made stronger against deformation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090195033A1 AUTOMOBILE ROOF REINFORCEMENT MEMBER Public/Granted day:2009-08-06
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