US 12,187,340 B2
Support beam
Yukihiko Kimura, Tokyo (JP); Kunihiro Yabuno, Tokyo (JP); Keigo Minatani, Tokyo (JP); Sam Soo Hwang, Tokyo (JP); Kenji Tamura, Tokyo (JP); Hiroshi Nogami, Tokyo (JP); and Koichiro Ishihara, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/279,788
Filed by NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/037324
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/071179, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-187647 (JP), filed on Oct. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0331744 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 21/11 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/11 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support beam provided in a vehicle comprising:
a first supporting portion, a second supporting portion, and an arm connecting the first supporting portion to the second supporting portion,
the arm including a web and a flange,
the flange including a first end, a second end, and a center portion connected to an end of the web,
the flange including a bent portion at which a center line of a thickness of the flange is bent outward in an extending direction of the web in a region between the first end and the second end in a transverse cross section of the arm,
wherein the center line of a thickness of the flange is bent outward in an extending direction of the web from the bent portion to the first end, and
the first end is located outward of the center portion in the extending direction of the web.