WO2006042032A3 - Automotive crush tip and method of manufacturing - Google Patents

Automotive crush tip and method of manufacturing Download PDF

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WO2006042032A3
WO2006042032A3 PCT/US2005/036018 US2005036018W WO2006042032A3 WO 2006042032 A3 WO2006042032 A3 WO 2006042032A3 US 2005036018 W US2005036018 W US 2005036018W WO 2006042032 A3 WO2006042032 A3 WO 2006042032A3
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manufacturing
crush tip
automotive crush
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Timothy J Cripsey
Steven W Jansen
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Noble Metal Proc Inc
Timothy J Cripsey
Steven W Jansen
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Priority to EP05804275A priority Critical patent/EP1814771A2/en
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Publication of WO2006042032A3 publication Critical patent/WO2006042032A3/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D53/00—Making other particular articles
    • B21D53/88—Making other particular articles other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D21/00—Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted
    • B62D21/15—Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D21/00—Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted
    • B62D21/15—Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
    • B62D21/152—Front or rear frames

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  • Shaping Metal By Deep-Drawing, Or The Like (AREA)
  • Body Structure For Vehicles (AREA)

Abstract

An automotive crush tip (10) comprising a tubular member (12) having a longitudinal weld seam (21) joining the opposing side edges (32) of an integral blank together, ad having a plurality of collapse initiating features (26,28).
PCT/US2005/036018 2004-10-08 2005-10-07 Automotive crush tip and method of manufacturing WO2006042032A2 (en)

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EP1293415A1 (en) * 2001-03-27 2003-03-19 Nippon Steel Corporation Automobile strengthening member
DE10236161C1 (en) * 2002-08-07 2003-09-18 Porsche Ag Hollow profile carrier member, e.g. for an automobile bodywork sill, has a carrier wall structured with sections of a different hardness, to crumple into folds on an impact and absorb the impact energy

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GB555230A (en) * 1942-03-27 1943-08-11 Standard Pressed Steel Co A method of producing hollow metal articles
JPS543666A (en) * 1977-06-08 1979-01-11 Mitsubishi Motors Corp Shock absorber
US4702515A (en) * 1985-06-17 1987-10-27 Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha Side member of motor vehicle
US4684151A (en) * 1986-03-21 1987-08-04 General Motors Corporation Controlled collapsible frame rail
US5048345A (en) * 1989-08-03 1991-09-17 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Method of determining positions of beads
US5431445A (en) * 1994-11-28 1995-07-11 Ford Motor Company Asymmetrical beam structure for a vehicle
EP0811544A1 (en) * 1996-06-06 1997-12-10 Automobiles Peugeot Energy absorption beam, particularly for longitudinally or traversely arranged frame members of motor cars
US5984403A (en) * 1996-10-25 1999-11-16 Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Frame structure for vehicle body
WO2001017709A1 (en) * 1999-09-08 2001-03-15 Cosma International Inc. Reinforced hydroformed members and methods of making the same
EP1293415A1 (en) * 2001-03-27 2003-03-19 Nippon Steel Corporation Automobile strengthening member
DE10236161C1 (en) * 2002-08-07 2003-09-18 Porsche Ag Hollow profile carrier member, e.g. for an automobile bodywork sill, has a carrier wall structured with sections of a different hardness, to crumple into folds on an impact and absorb the impact energy

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