US 11,981,370 B2
Structural member for vehicle
Tomohiro Sakaidani, Tokyo (JP); Kentaro Sato, Tokyo (JP); and Takayuki Futatsuka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JFE STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/432,796
Filed by JFE STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/006313
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/175244, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-033075 (JP), filed on Feb. 26, 2019; and application No. 2020-005697 (JP), filed on Jan. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0177034 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/15 (2013.01) [B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 27/023 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle structural member comprising:
a hollow member configured to form a closed cross-sectional shape by a top sheet portion, a pair of sidewall portions each continuous to each side of the top sheet portion in a width direction, and a bottom sheet portion arranged to face the top sheet portion; and a tension member provided in the hollow member and formed by a metal sheet extending along the width direction of the top sheet portion,
wherein:
the top sheet portion includes one or more recessed portions recessed toward the bottom sheet portion along the width direction of the top sheet portion, and
with a space between the tension member and an inner surface of the top sheet portion, the tension member connects inner surfaces of the sidewall portions to rising portions of the one or more recessed portions of the top sheet portion facing the inner surfaces of the sidewall portions.