Abstract:
A rolling element guide cage having a ring element which is made from a sheet material and has an axial profiling produced using forming techniques and forms a plurality of successive rolling element guide structures in the circumferential direction. The ring element is composed of at least two flat material ring segments joined to one another successively in the circumferential direction, said segments being joined together in a manufacturing step which precedes the formation of the axial profiling.
Abstract:
A closed structure part includes a body having a predetermined closed section formed by pressing a blank of a metal plate; and a latch flange portion formed by bending one of two joint ends of the body so that the joint end overlaps an outer surface of the other joint end and latches the other joint end, wherein the joint end and the other joint end overlap in contact and are respectively disposed in singular and continuous planes.
Abstract:
A system that facilitates an interlocked joint without the need for a locking pin is provided. The system includes a first member having multiple first fingers extending in an outward direction from a side of the first member and multiple first openings defined between each of the first fingers. The system further includes a second member having multiple second fingers extending in an outward direction from a side of the second member and multiple second openings defined between each of the second fingers. When the first member mates with the second member the first fingers are aligned with and engage the second openings and the second fingers are aligned with and engage the first openings such that the first member and the second member are interlocked and inseparable in a tensile direction.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a closed structure part has a closed section using a blank made from a metal plate by pressing the blank using a press forming die and fixing a pair of joint ends of the blank to each other, the method including a pre-forming step of processing the blank into an interim part having a closed section corresponding to the closed structure part, a closing step of, after the pre-forming step is completed, moving the joint ends of the interim part toward each other and urging, against one of the joint ends, a concave flange processing portion formed on one of a pair of press forming surfaces of the press forming die at the edge end adjacent to the other press forming surface, and a press joining step of, after the closing step is completed, further moving the press forming die in a pressing direction, bending the one of the joint ends using a pressing force applied from the flange processing portion so that the joint end overlaps the outer surface of the other join end and a latch flange portion for latching the other joint end is formed and, simultaneously, pressing the blank using the pair of press forming surfaces and press-forming outer portions of the pair of the joint ends of the blank into predetermined shapes.
Abstract:
A method of making a metal frame is a consistent operation including material-choosing, cutting, jointing, riveting and shaping, wherein the material-choosing is to take coiled banding metal plates as material and the metal plates are cut into two I-shaped and two flat U-shaped metal components. One piece or more than one pair of protrusions and indentions is correspondingly set on the ends of each metal component and each arm of the flat U-shaped metal components. Upon jointing, engage the protrusions and indentations on the I-shaped metal components with the corresponding protrusions and indentations on the edges of two arms. Upon riveting, the inner edge of each protrusion and the outer edge of each indentation are respectively punched to make stamping marks. Upon shaping, punch and fold rims of the metal frame to become roughly vertical for making a metal frame with inverted L-shaped cross-section on each side.
Abstract:
A tailor weld blank assembly and method for making the blank assembly include providing a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet having at least one different characteristic from the first sheet. Complementary interlocking structures are provided on adjoining edges of the first and second sheets and the sheets are mechanically interlocked together by making a weld along the adjoining interlocked edges. Thereafter the permanently affixed together sheets are formed to make a formed sheet metal product. The provision of both a mechanical interlock and a weld provide a blank assembly that is strong for forming into a stamped product, and a metal product that is strong for its intended use.
Abstract:
A process for designing and manufacturing precision-folded, high strength, fatigue-resistant structures and a sheet therefore. The techniques include methods for precision bending of a sheet of material (41, 241, 341, 441, 541) along a bend line (45, 245, 345, 445,543) and a sheet of material formed with bending strap-defining structures, such as slits or grooves (43, 243, 343, 443, 542), are disclosed. Methods include steps of designing and then separately forming longitudinally extending slits or grooves (43, 243, 343, 443, 542) through the sheet of material in axially spaced relation to produce precise bending of the sheet (41, 241, 341, 441,541) when bent along the bend line (45, 245, 345, 445, 543). The bending straps have a configuration and orientation which increases their strength and fatigue resistance, and most preferably slits or arcs are used which causes edges (257, 457) to be engaged and supported on faces (255, 455) of the sheet material on opposite sides of the slits or arcs. The edge-to-face contact produces bending along a virtual fulcrum position in superimposed relation to the bend line (45, 245, 345, 445, 543). Several slit embodiments (43, 243, 343, 443, 542) suitable for producing edge-to-face engagement support and precise bending are disclosed, as is the use of the slit sheets to produce various three-dimensional structures and to enhance various design and fabrication techniques.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a pipe body of which the edge sections contact with each other stably and which can be formed only by means of only a press processing without performing a welding mass-producing, wherein separation-prevented engagement due to deformation of at least one of the engagement sections absorbs the spring back in the press processing. Also, the present invention provides a pipe body, a metal plate for the pipe body and a forming method of the pipe body using the sheet metal for the pipe body. The pipe body includes a pair of edge sections 1e, 1f forming closed end surface by means of contact with each other, wherein surroundings of each edge sections 1e, 1f form a plane 1a jointly when each edge sections 1e, 1f are in contact with each other, and at the same time, engagement sections consisting of female engagement section 1g and male engagement section 1h engaged with each other are formed in the edge sections 1e, 1f, and the edge sections 1e, 1f get in contact with each other closely by means of separation-prevented engagement due to deformation of at least one of the female and male engagement sections 1g, 1h.
Abstract:
A method for precision bending of a sheet of material (41, 241, 341, 441) along a bend line (45, 245, 345, 445) and the resulting sheet are disclosed. A method includes a step of forming longitudinally extending slits (43, 243, 343, 443) through the sheet of material in axially spaced relation to produce precise bending of the sheet (41, 241, 341, 441) along the bend line (45, 245, 345, 445) with edges (257, 457) engaged and supported on faces (255, 455) of the sheet material on opposite sides of the slits. The edge-to-face contact produces bending along a virtual fulcrum position in superimposed relation to the bend line (45, 245, 345, 445). Several slit embodiments (43, 243, 343, 443) suitable for producing edge-to-face engagement support and precise bending are disclosed, as is the use of the slit sheets to enhance various fabrication techniques.
Abstract:
A metal structure such as a tube having an axial seam formed with interlocked tongues and recesses with in-plane stabilization created by locally moving areas of the metal out of plane to form dimple-like structures ("dimples") either before or after forming the tongues and recesses. After the tongues and recesses are interengaged, the dimples are flattened to cause the out-of-plane metal to return to the plane so that the metal adjacent to them is moved strongly laterally, and the walls of the tongues and recesses make a strong abutting fit against one another which resists relative out-of-plane displacement, thus providing "in plane" stabilization.