US 12,330,205 B2
Vehicle center pillar member and method for manufacturing same
Hiroyasu Kosaka, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd., Aichi (JP)
Appl. No. 18/258,291
Filed by TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., Aichi (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/047844
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 19, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/138810, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-217162 (JP), filed on Dec. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0051012 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B21D 53/88 (2006.01)
CPC B21D 53/88 (2013.01) [B62D 25/04 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle center pillar member formed to have a hat-shaped cross-section by press-molding a tailored blank material formed by joining a plurality of members in a longitudinal direction along at least one joining line,
the vehicle center pillar member comprising a top plate portion, a right vertical wall portion on a right side of the top plate portion, and a left vertical wall portion on a left side of the top plate portion, wherein
the at least one joining line of the tailored blank material includes a right portion in the right vertical wall portion and a left portion in the left vertical wall portion,
the right portion and the left portion extend in the same direction as a pressing direction during press molding, and
the right portion extends in a direction that is the same direction as the left portion extends when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle center pillar member and perpendicular to the pressing direction.