US 12,459,031 B2
Apparatus for manufacturing a panel for a vehicle
Yongshin Choi, Anyang-si (KR); and Daero Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/143,731.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0134314 (KR), filed on Oct. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0123489 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B21D 19/08 (2006.01); B21D 22/02 (2006.01); B21D 53/88 (2006.01)
CPC B21D 53/88 (2013.01) [B21D 22/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for manufacturing a panel for a vehicle to process a pre-processed processing plate into the panel of a predetermined shape, the apparatus comprising:
a lower die including a lower base mounted with at least one lower forming steel;
an upper die provided vertically movable at a position corresponding to the lower die, and including an upper base mounted with at least one upper forming steel; and
at least one cam press unit provided on the lower die and the upper die, and configured to form a flange portion in an edge portion of the processing plate along a vertical direction, and to form a cam forming portion extending from the flange portion along an oblique direction thereof,
wherein the at least one cam press unit includes:
a swing cam rotatably provided on the lower base along a front and rear direction through a rotation center shaft and including a lower cam forming steel; and
a cam slide slidably provided on the upper base along the front and rear direction to be in cam-contact with the swing cam and mounted with an upper cam forming steel corresponding to the lower cam forming steel, and
wherein the lower die includes a cam guide block which is fixed to the lower base, the cam guide block including:
a first guide surface configured to guide the cam slide in the vertical direction; and
a second guide surface extending from the first guide surface to guide the cam slide in the oblique direction.