A press forming machine includes a holding structure configured to hold a workpiece, and a metallic die for press forming the workpiece. The workpiece is a member made by joining a first steel plate and a second steel plate together by butt welding. The butt welding is a welding of an end face of the first steel plate and an end face of the second steel plate at a boundary between the first steel plate and the second steel plate. The holding structure is configured to hold a first region including both the first steel plate and the second steel plate adjacent to the boundary as a specific region in the workpiece, and not to hold a second region that is farther from the boundary than the first region and includes at least one of the first steel plate and the second steel plate adjacent to the first region.
B21D 39/03 - Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by platingTube expanders of sheet metal otherwise than by folding
A method of manufacturing a floor member of a vehicle includes: forming beads in respective bead parts in a body member; arranging two or more reinforcing members in respective two or more covered parts in the body member; welding the body member and the two or more reinforcing members, to thereby form a joined member; and performing cold press forming on the joined member. One or more lower ridgeline parts are formed by the cold press forming so as to correspond to each of the two or more reinforcing members. Each lower ridgeline part extends along a ridgeline. The lower ridgeline part is bent so as to protrude towards the body member in a cross-section orthogonal to the ridgeline. Each bead part is located at or near a corresponding one lower ridgeline part of the one or more lower ridgeline parts.
B21D 39/02 - Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by platingTube expanders of sheet metal by folding, e.g. connecting edges of a sheet to form a cylinder
B21D 53/88 - Making other particular articles other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards
A press-formed product of the present disclosure includes a plate-shaped portion, a wall, and a flange. The wall includes at least one curved surface having an arcuate cross-sectional shape that bulges radially outward in a cross-section taken along the plate-shaped portion. The at least one curved surface includes a first curved surface and a second curved surface. The second curved surface is a portion closer to the flange than the first curved surface. A radius of curvature of the second curved surface in the cross-section is configured to be smaller than a radius of curvature of the first curved surface in the cross-section.
An underbody part is included in a vehicle underbody, comprising a mounting surface and a caulking bolt. The caulking bolt is arranged so as to protrude from the mounting surface. An end face of the caulking bolt on a base side is joined to the mounting surface by caulking.
A bracket is configured to be mounted in a vehicle and includes a bottom surface, a bottom joining portion, a side wall, an upper joining portion, and an internal rib. The bottom joining portion is arranged at the bottom surface and configured to join a suspension member to the bottom surface. The side wall is a wall-shaped portion protruding upward from an edge portion of the bottom surface and surrounding the edge portion. The upper joining portion is arranged at an upper end of the side wall and configured to be joined to a framework of the vehicle. The internal rib protrudes upward from the bottom surface. The bracket is an integrally-formed member and formed of aluminum or aluminum alloy.
A body member includes a main member and a reinforcing member. The main member includes a top plate portion extending in an extending direction, a first side wall portion, a second side wall portion, a first flange, and a second flange. The first and second side wall portions each protrude from a corresponding one of two ends, in width direction, of the top plate portion. The first and second flanges are respectively provided at an end of the first side wall portion and an end of the second side wall portion, on a side opposite where the top plate portion is located. The reinforcing member is joined to an inner peripheral surface of the main member by welding performed in a patchwork method, and the top plate portion, the first and second side wall portions, the first and second flanges are formed by press forming performed in the patchwork method.
B62D 21/10 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted in which the main member is plate-like
B62D 21/15 - 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
In a method of manufacturing a metal member, a beam is radiated towards a ridgeline part in an outer surface of the metal member in order to perform quenching. The ridgeline part extends along a ridgeline in the outer surface. The ridgeline part has a cross-section orthogonal to the ridgeline. The cross-section has a shape such that the outer surface is bent in a protruding manner. The ridgeline is located at a top in the cross-section. An irradiation area irradiated with the beam moves on an irradiation path that passes through the ridgeline part. The irradiation path includes at least one intersecting section intersecting the ridgeline. As a distance between the irradiation area and a light source of the beam increases, a moving speed of the irradiation area is slowed down.
An instrument panel reinforcement includes a main body and a flattened portion. The main body has a tubular shape extending from a first end to a second end along a vehicle-width direction. The flattened portion is formed in the main body at a position apart from the first end and the second end and allows a peripheral component to be arranged thereon. The flattened portion is a dent in the main body, having a cross-section perpendicular to the vehicle-width direction in a dented shape such that an inner space within the main body is flattened in a first direction, the first direction being a direction perpendicular to the vehicle-width direction. The flattened portion includes a mounting portion. The mounting portion is where inner-circumferential surfaces of the main body, which face each other, are substantially in contact with each other, and on which the peripheral component is mounted.
A quenching method for a press-formed product having a first wall, a second wall intersecting the first wall, and a bend part coupling the first wall and the second wall is provided. The quenching method includes: heating the bend part by irradiating the bend part with a laser beam; and cooling the heated bend part by spraying water on the bend part, following irradiation of the laser beam. The water is sprayed with a shield being positioned to separate an irradiation area of the laser beam from a spray area of the water.
Provided is a method for manufacturing an automotive exhaust component. The method includes joining first and second members included in an insulator. The first member includes: a first main body; a first joining portion located at an end of the first main body; and a first positioner provided to the first joining portion. The second member includes: a second main body; a second joining portion located at an end of the second main body; and two second positioners provided to the second joining portion. Once the first and second members are in position, the first joining portion faces the second joining portion, and the first positioner is situated between the two second positioners. The first and second joining portions are swaged with each other thereafter.
A workpiece prepared by layering two or more metallic plates is welded by using a resistance spot welding apparatus. A first current application control is performed on a pair of electrodes that holds the workpiece such that a first current flows between the pair of electrodes. Subsequently, a second current application control is performed on the pair of electrodes such that a current flowing between the pair of electrodes decreases from the first current to a second current that is smaller than the first current. Subsequently, a third current application control is performed on the pair of electrodes such that a current flowing between the pair of electrodes increases from the second current to a third current that is greater than the second current. Subsequently, a fourth current application control is performed on the pair of electrodes such that a fourth current flows between the pair of electrodes.
In order to manufacture a press-formed product including a plate-shaped portion and a wall portion, a blank having a plate shape is clamped by and between a first clamping structure located on a first side in a thickness direction of the blank with respect to the blank and a second clamping structure located on a second side opposite the first side in the thickness direction with respect to the blank. The wall portion is formed in the blank by press-forming performed by moving a first die in a pressing direction that is parallel to the thickness direction and that allows the first die to relatively come closer to the blank. The plate-shaped portion with a recessed part is formed in the blank by press-forming performed by further moving the first die in the pressing direction.
An internal combustion engine includes at least one combustion chamber, a main body, at least one purification device, and a cooler. The main body includes therein the at least one combustion chamber, and an exhaust flow path configured to allow exhaust gas flowing out of the at least one combustion chamber to flow down. The at least one purification device is arranged in the exhaust flow path of the main body. The cooler is configured to cool the at least one purification device. Each of the at least one purification device includes a purification member and a case. The purification member is configured to purify the exhaust gas. The case contains the purification member.
F02B 19/10 - Engines characterised by precombustion chambers with fuel introduced partly into pre-combustion chamber, and partly into cylinder
F01N 3/10 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
An exhaust component includes a first member and a second member. The first member forms a first flow path for exhaust gas. The second member forms a second flow path that has a smaller cross-sectional area than the first flow path. The first member includes a hole-forming portion forming a through hole. The hole-forming portion includes an edge portion, the edge portion protruding toward an outside of the first member in a manner curved from a periphery of the through hole, the edge portion surrounding the through hole. The second member includes an upstream end portion located on an upstream side of the second flow path, the upstream end portion being joined to the hole-forming portion to cover an outer-peripheral surface of the hole-forming portion. The second flow path is for the exhaust gas that has passed through the through hole and flowed in from the upstream end portion.
F02M 26/42 - Arrangement or layout of EGR passages, e.g. in relation to specific engine parts or for incorporation of accessories having two or more EGR passagesEGR systems specially adapted for engines having two or more cylinders
A method of manufacturing a formed product includes placing and welding an inner metal plate on an outer metal plate to form at least one first joining portion, and then bending the outer and inner metal plates together by pressing. The pressing includes forming a first surface, at least one second surface extending in a direction crossing the first surface, and at least one bent portion coupling the first surface and the at least one second surface to each other and being layered on the inner metal plate, in the outer metal plate. The inner metal plate is welded on a region of the outer metal plate becoming the first surface via the at least one first joining portion. The inner metal plate is disposed on an inner side of the at least one bent portion, and its spring back is greater than that of the outer metal plate.
B21D 39/02 - Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by platingTube expanders of sheet metal by folding, e.g. connecting edges of a sheet to form a cylinder
B23K 20/02 - Non-electric welding by applying impact or other pressure, with or without the application of heat, e.g. cladding or plating by means of a press
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METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL COMPONENT ARRANGED INFLOW PATH FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE FLUID
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a metal component. The metal component includes; a body portion; and a flange. The method for manufacturing the metal component includes; bending a metal plate material to obtain a cylindrical body; and bending a first end of the cylindrical body toward a radial outside so as to enlarge its diameter to form the flange. Obtaining the cylindrical body includes bending the plate material and then welding both ends of the plate material that face each other. The method further includes cutting out a specified area of the cylindrical body, in which the flange is formed, in a circumferential direction.
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a welded member with a metal member and a nut welded to each other. The manufacturing method includes bringing the nut into abutment with a welding surface of a plate-shaped portion of the metal member and pressing at least one of the plate-shaped portion or the nut to bring the nut into close contact with the welding surface. The manufacturing method further includes irradiating a portion of the nut in close contact with the welding surface with a beam from a side opposite to the welding surface of the plate-shaped portion to weld the metal member and the nut to each other by laser welding.
B23K 37/04 - Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted for a procedure covered by only one of the other main groups of this subclass for holding or positioning work
A heat exchanger includes a first plate member, a second plate member, and two or more joints. The first plate member faces a battery. The second plate member is arranged to face the first plate member, and forms a flow path through which a heat exchange medium passes between the first plate member and the second plate member. The joints are portions where the first plate member and the second plate member are joined by welding, and each have one of weld lines that extend in a first direction and are aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to define the flow path. Among the weld lines, a weld line(s) located closer to the first plate member side than a neutral axis is referred to as a first weld line, and a weld line(s) located closer to the second plate member side than the neutral axis is referred to as a second weld line. A sum of shortest distances from the neutral axis to each of the first weld lines is approximately the same as a sum of shortest distances from the neutral axis to each of the second weld lines.
A body component for a vehicle is provided. The body component for a vehicle includes an annular portion having a hollow portion and being formed in an annular shape in a cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the body component. The hollow portion is set so that a neutral axis of an expected bending direction of the body component passes through the hollow portion in the cross section. The annular portion includes passing portions that the neutral axis passes through and that are located so as to face each other across the hollow portion, and distancing portions that are distanced from the neutral axis and that are located so as to face each other across the hollow portion. Each of the distancing portions includes a thickened portion that is thicker than the passing portions.
A canister includes an activated carbon molding configured to adsorb an evaporated fuel originating in a fuel tank of a vehicle; and an adsorption chamber accommodating the activated carbon molding. A method of manufacturing the canister includes pressing fibrous activated carbons in a specific direction, or performing suction to thereby gather the fibrous activated carbons in the specific direction and mold the fibrous activated carbons into the activated carbon molding that has a columnar shape; and arranging, inside the adsorption chamber, the activated carbon molding produced such that a pressing direction or a suction direction for the activated carbon molding is perpendicular to a flow direction of the evaporated fuel.
B01J 20/30 - Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
B01J 20/20 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising free carbonSolid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising carbon obtained by carbonising processes
B01J 20/28 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties
A canister configured to adsorb evaporated fuel generated in a fuel tank of a vehicle includes a plurality of lumpy adsorbents and an atmosphere port. The plurality of lumpy adsorbents are arranged to be aligned in a flow direction of the evaporated fuel in a flow path through which the evaporated fuel passes, and adsorb the evaporated fuel. The atmosphere port is provided at an end of the flow path, and is open to atmosphere. The plurality of lumpy adsorbents at least include a first lumpy adsorbent and a second lumpy adsorbent adjacent to each other. The first lumpy adsorbent includes at least one protrusion protruding from a surface of the first lumpy adsorbent facing the second lumpy adsorbent. The at least one protrusion forms a gap between the first lumpy adsorbent and the second lumpy adsorbent around the at least one protrusion.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
Provided is a method for manufacturing a press-molded part, the method including: forming an intermediate product by press molding; and forming the press-molded part by performing press molding on the intermediate product. The intermediate product includes: a top panel; a pre-vertical wall; a pre-lateral wall; a pre-bottom wall; and an outward bulge. The press-molded part includes: the top panel; a vertical wall; a lateral wall; a bottom wall; a first ridge line; a second ridge line; a third ridge line; and a convergence portion. The outward bulge is a plate-like portion contiguous with the pre-vertical wall, the pre-lateral wall, and the pre-bottom wall. The outward bulge is deformed by press molding, thereby forming the press-molded part from the intermediate product.
A method of manufacturing a pipe extending along an axis of the pipe includes forming a blank material into a U-shaped member that extends along the axis and has a cross-section of U-shape, and forming the U-shaped member into a shape of the pipe. The pipe includes a large-diameter portion, a small-diameter portion, and a gradually-reduced-diameter portion. The gradually-reduced-diameter portion connects the large-diameter portion and the small-diameter portion to each other. In the method of manufacturing the pipe, at least one bead extending along the axis of the pipe is formed in a part, of the blank material or the U-shaped member, that corresponds to the gradually-reduced-diameter portion.
One aspect of the present disclosure provides a canister configured to adsorb and desorb fuel vapor generated in a fuel tank of a vehicle. The canister includes a charge port, a purge port, an atmosphere port, a first adsorption chamber and a second adsorption chamber directly coupled to the charge port and the purge port or indirectly coupled to the charge port and the purge port via an additional chamber, a first adsorption member housed in the first adsorption chamber, and a second adsorption member housed in the second adsorption chamber. The first adsorption member includes: an adsorption sheet formed of a fiber having properties to adsorb the fuel vapor; and granules having properties to adsorb the fuel vapor and arranged to be dispersed on a surface of or an inside of the adsorption sheet. The adsorption sheet is wound around or folded to form two or more layers.
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
B01J 20/20 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising free carbonSolid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising carbon obtained by carbonising processes
B01J 20/28 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
One aspect of the present disclosure provides a canister configured to adsorb and desorb fuel vapor generated in a fuel tank of a vehicle. The canister includes a charge port configured to take in the fuel vapor, a purge port configured to release the fuel vapor, an atmosphere port open to an atmosphere, a first adsorption chamber and a second adsorption chamber directly coupled to the charge port and the purge port or indirectly coupled to the charge port and the purge port via an additional chamber, a first adsorption member housed in the first adsorption chamber, and a second adsorption member housed in the second adsorption chamber. The first adsorption member includes a core material and an adsorption sheet having properties to adsorb the fuel vapor and wound around the core material.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
One aspect of the present disclosure provides a canister configured to adsorb and desorb fuel vapor generated in a fuel tank of a vehicle. The canister includes a charge port configured to take in the fuel vapor, a purge port configured to release the fuel vapor, an atmosphere port open to an atmosphere, a first adsorption chamber and a second adsorption chamber directly coupled to the charge port and the purge port or indirectly coupled to the charge port and the purge port via an additional chamber, a first adsorption member housed in the first adsorption chamber, and a second adsorption member housed in the second adsorption chamber. The first adsorption member includes two or more adsorption layers having properties to adsorb the fuel vapor and an adjustment layer having an air-permeability and interposed between the two or more adsorption layers.
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
B01J 20/20 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising free carbonSolid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising carbon obtained by carbonising processes
B01J 20/28 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
A manufacturing method of a press-formed product includes: forming a through part in a workpiece; bending the workpiece containing the through part to form an intermediate product in which a first wall part, a second wall part, and a bent part are formed, and removing an excess part from the intermediate product. The through part is formed in the workpiece so as to be in a position, in the intermediate product, where a boundary line between the second wall part and the excess part intersects with the bent part. The intermediate product is cut along a boundary line between the first wall part and the excess part from a direction intersecting with the first wall part and cut along the boundary line between the second wall part and the excess part from a direction intersecting with the second wall part, to thereby remove the excess part from the intermediate product.
A canister includes at least one chamber in which an adsorbent configured to adsorb an evaporated fuel is placed, an inflow port, an atmosphere port, an outflow port, and a case. The case forms a particular chamber in which a granular adsorbent is placed. The particular chamber is one of the at least one chamber. The case includes a side wall and at least one protrusion. The side wall extends from a first end of the particular chamber to a second end of the particular chamber in flow directions, and forms an inner peripheral surface of the particular chamber. At least one protrusion is a part that is formed integrally with the side wall and protrudes from an inner peripheral surface of the side wall.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
A canister includes two or more chambers in which an adsorbent configured to adsorb an evaporated fuel is placed, a case, an inflow port, an atmosphere port, and outflow port. The case forms a main chamber that is one of the two or more chambers. The inflow port and the outflow port are provided to a first end of the main chamber. The case includes at least one reduced part that is a wall-like part forming an area in the main chamber in the vicinity of the first end. In the at least one reduced part, an area of a cross-section of the main chamber orthogonal to flow directions of a fluid is reduced towards the first end.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
B01D 53/02 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography
A canister includes at least one chamber in which an adsorbent to adsorb fuel vapor is arranged, an inflow port, an atmosphere port, an outflow port, and an adsorbent agglomerate. The adsorbent agglomerate is arranged in a specific chamber. The adsorbent agglomerate is a mass of a fibrous adsorbent. The specific chamber is one of the at least one chamber. The adsorbent agglomerate includes, on its outer surface, first and second surfaces intersecting with a flow direction of a fluid, and the second surface is positioned on a side opposite to the first surface. The adsorbent agglomerate includes at least one vacant space formed in the first surface and/or the second surface, and the at least one vacant space extends along the flow direction to a bottom located inside the adsorbent agglomerate.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
In a method for manufacturing a burring processed member, an inner-circumferential surface of a plate-like curved portion is pressed in a first direction, thereby forming a side wall and a seating face, the side wall protruding from a rim of a first hole, the seating face extending from a tip of the side wall. In the method, a circular second hole is formed on the seating face, and the burring processed portion protruding in the first direction from the rim of the first hole is formed. The seating face includes two crests, each situated on a periphery of each end of the curved portion in a circumferential direction, and is slanted such that a seating face height becomes smaller from each of the crests to a substantial center in the circumferential direction.
An evaporated fuel treatment device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a hollow case and an adsorbent agglomerate. The hollow case includes an inner wall that defines an inner space of the hollow case. The adsorbent agglomerate is accommodated in the inner space that is surrounded by the inner wall of the hollow case. The adsorbent agglomerate is configured to adsorb an evaporated fuel flowing into the inner space. The adsorbent agglomerate is accommodated in the inner space in a state where a peripheral part of the adsorbent agglomerate is at least partially embedded in the inner wall of the hollow case.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
33.
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPENING MEMBER, AND PRESSING JIG
In the present manufacturing method, a cover member attached to a mounting surface of a pressing jig is inserted into an approximately circular opening of an opening member. The cover member has an approximately elliptical inner circumferential portion. A long diameter of an outer circumference of the inner circumferential portion is equal to, or longer than, a diameter of the opening. A short diameter of the outer circumference of the inner circumferential portion is smaller than the diameter of the opening. A length of the outer circumference of the inner circumferential portion is shorter than or equal to a circumference length of the opening. A first imaginary line of the mounting surface indicates the inner circumferential portion of the cover member. A second imaginary line of the mounting surface indicates the opening. A positioning member is provided inside the first and second imaginary lines on the mounting surface.
A method of manufacturing an exhaust pipe includes inserting a cover member into an approximately circular opening provided at a first end of a first exhaust pipe. An inner circumferential portion of the cover member has a ring shape with a central axis. When the cover member is inserted into the opening, its outer circumferential surface faces a first inner circumferential surface of the exhaust pipe. A maximum width of the inner circumferential portion is equal to, or greater than, a radius of a circumference of the opening. A minimum width of the inner circumferential portion is smaller than the radius. A circumferential length of the outer circumferential surface is shorter than the length of the circumference of the opening.
A carbon dioxide separator includes a dehydrator, a carbon dioxide collector, and a draining structure. The dehydrator is configured to remove moisture contained in an exhaust gas flowing in from a heat exchanger. The carbon dioxide collector is configured to adsorb and/or absorb carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas that has passed through the dehydrator. The draining structure is provided, on a flow path for the exhaust gas between the heat exchanger and the dehydrator, to inhibit water resulting from condensation in the exhaust gas from moving along the flow path to flow into the dehydrator.
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
F01N 3/00 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust
F01N 3/02 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust
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FIRST JOINING MEMBER, SECOND JOINING MEMBER, AND JOINING STRUCTURE
A first joining member configured to be used to join an instrument panel reinforcement to a vehicle body includes upper and lower body fastening surfaces to be fastened to the vehicle body. The first joining member is configured to be able to hold the instrument panel reinforcement between the upper and lower body fastening surfaces. There is defined an imaginary line that is orthogonal to an imaginary plane connecting the upper and lower body fastening surfaces, and passes through a center axis, extending in a vehicle-width direction, of the instrument panel reinforcement held by the first joining member. A distance along the imaginary line from the center axis to the imaginary plane is equal to or shorter than a distance along the imaginary line from the center axis to an outer circumferential surface of the instrument panel reinforcement.
Provided is a canister configured to adsorb and desorb an evaporated fuel originating in a fuel tank of a vehicle. The canister includes an outer case, a coupling port, an inner case, and at least one first protrusion. The outer case includes an inner surface defining an internal space extending in a first direction. The coupling port couples an inside and an outside of the outer case. The inner case is a cylindrical member accommodating therein an adsorbent for adsorbing the evaporated fuel. The at least one first protrusion protrudes outwards from an outer surface of the inner case. A fluid flows through the internal space in the first direction. The inner case is press-fitted inside the outer case so as to be accommodated in the internal space. The at least one first protrusion contacts a part of the inner surface of the outer case extending in the first direction.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
A method for manufacturing a welded structure and a welding apparatus capable of reducing formation of burrs are provided. The method for manufacturing the welded structure according to the present disclosure is the method for manufacturing the welded structure formed by spot-welding a laminate formed of three or more metal plates, at least one metal plate of the three or more metal plates being thinner than the other metal plates. This manufacturing method includes a step of energizing a welding point of the laminate while pressurizing it and causing a main current to flow through the welding point of the laminate and a step of continuously energizing the welding point of the laminate while pressurizing it and causing a large current that is larger than the main current to flow through the welding point of the laminate.
Provided is an evaporated fuel treatment device including a first coupling portion, a second coupling portion, a first accommodating portion and a second accommodating portion. The first accommodating portion is configured to be disposed so as to be in communication with the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion, and to accommodate a first adsorbent. The second accommodating portion is configured to be disposed so as to be in communication with the first coupling portion via the first accommodating portion, and to accommodate a second adsorbent. The evaporated fuel adsorption capacity of the first adsorbent is lower than the evaporated fuel adsorption capacity of the second adsorbent.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
A problem is to provide a formed adsorber having excellent adsorption and desorption performance for fuel vapor (in particular, n-butane) of a wide concentration range from a low concentration to a high concentration.
A problem is to provide a formed adsorber having excellent adsorption and desorption performance for fuel vapor (in particular, n-butane) of a wide concentration range from a low concentration to a high concentration.
A formed product including activated carbon fiber, granular activated carbon, and a binder is prepared. A weight ratio of the activated carbon fiber to the granular activated carbon is 5 to 95 parts by weight of the activated carbon fiber to 95 to 5 parts by weight of the granular activated carbon, in a total weight of the activated carbon fiber and the granular activated carbon, a content ratio of the binder in the formed adsorber is 0.3 to 20 parts by weight of the binder to 100 parts by weight of the activated carbon fiber and the granular activated carbon, the granular activated carbon has a total pore volume ranging from 0.90 to 2.50 cm3/g, and the activated carbon fiber has a total pore volume ranging from 0.50 to 1.20 cm3/g.
B01J 20/20 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising free carbonSolid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising carbon obtained by carbonising processes
B01J 20/28 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties
In a manufacturing method of a metal member, two or more laser beams are simultaneously radiated from a single laser apparatus to two or more radiation regions spaced apart from each other on an outer surface of a metal member to thereby form a dimple in each radiation region.
A method of manufacturing a member includes forming a welded member by joining a first portion of a plate-shaped first plate material and a second portion of a plate-shaped second plate material by laser welding. The method also includes cooling a portion situated near the first portion of the first plate material and a portion situated near the second portion of the second plate material when performing the laser welding.
A canister comprises an outer case, an inner case arranged inside the outer case, and a first adsorption chamber arranged in the inner case, a second adsorption chamber arranged in the inner case between the first adsorption chamber and an atmosphere port, a first adsorbent accommodated in the first adsorption chamber, a second adsorbent accommodated in the second adsorption chamber, and a plate-shaped filter arranged between the second adsorbent and the atmosphere port. The filter comprises a first plate surface in contact with the second adsorbent, a second plate surface in contact with the outer case, and a side surface connecting the first plate surface and the second plate surface to each other. At least one of the second plate surface or the side surface comprises an open portion spaced from both the inner case and the outer case.
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
Provided is an evaporated fuel treatment device. The evaporated fuel treatment device includes a main body case and a lid. The main body case includes two or more adsorption chambers, an adsorber, and an opening. The lid is configured to (i) close at least a part of the opening and (ii) be fixed to the main body case with a snap-fit structure. The lid is configured to be arranged in the vicinity of the adsorber.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
Provided is an evaporated fuel treatment device. The evaporated fuel treatment device includes a main body case and a lid. The lid includes a target port, and is configured to be attached to the main body case on an attachment surface defined in advance in the main body case. The target port is configured to guide a gas in a direction intersecting a flow direction of the gas in a target adsorption chamber. The lid is configured to be rotated along a rotation direction prior to being attached to the main body case, to thereby (i) allow selection of one attachment angle from two or more attachment angles and (ii) be attached to the main body case.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
Provided is a unit attachment structure. The unit attachment structure includes a case and a unit to be inserted into the case. The case includes an opening, paired slits, and a first engagement portion. The unit includes a projection projecting from a facing surface of the unit, and a second engagement portion. At least one of one slit of the paired slits or the projection includes a slanting surface formed along a circumferential direction.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatusArrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
A front pillar lower includes a joining part where a front pillar lower body, a bracket, and a bulk are joined together. The front pillar lower body includes a ridge portion. The ridge portion includes a top plate and side plates. The bracket includes a main cover covering the top plate from an outside of the ridge portion to provide a space between the main cover and the top plate, and side covers superposed on the side plates from the outside of the ridge portion. The bulk includes a reinforcing portion arranged inside the ridge portion in a position overlapping with the space in thickness directions of the top plate, and flanges superposed on the side plates from an inside of the ridge portion. The joining part joins the side plate, the side cover, and the flange.
A canister is provided. The canister includes an inflow port, adsorbents, an atmosphere port, an outflow port, and an adjustment member. The adjustment member includes rod-like members. The adjustment member includes a positioning member configured to enable positioning of the adjustment member in a target chamber by being insertable in a second cylinder and by not being insertable in a first cylinder. The second cylinder has a cylindrical shape, the cross sectional area of which is larger than a cross sectional area of the first cylinder.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
A steering support comprises front and rear steering coupling members, first, second, and third body coupling members, first and second wall parts, which are made by an integral molding. The front and rear steering coupling members are coupled to a steering. The first body coupling member located at a front end in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, the second body coupling member located at a first end in a vehicle-width direction, and the third body coupling member located at a second end in the vehicle-width direction are coupled to a body of a vehicle. The first wall part connects the rear steering coupling member and the second body coupling member and has a substantially flat surface. The second wall part connects the front steering coupling member and the second body coupling member and has a substantially flat surface.
A method for manufacturing a joined body including two plate-like portions, the method including forming a joint part that comprises at least a portion of each of the two plate-like portions and joins the two plate-like portions; and irradiating the joint part with a beam, thereby to perform laser welding. The joint part includes at least one folded part, the at least one folded part is a bent part that is bent so as to be folded back in one of the two plate-like portions. First and second bases are formed at both ends of the bent part to face each other such that at least a portion of the other of the two plate-like portions is arranged between the first and second bases, the other of the two plate-like portions including no bent part.
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a welded member in which a workpiece made of a high tensile material and a welding object are welded. The method includes welding the workpiece and the welding object such that welded portions are formed between the workpiece and the welding object by performing projection welding. The method also includes applying a cancellation stress to the welded member after the projection welding, so that a stress that is generated in the welded portions after the projection welding and acts in a direction to pull the welded portions close to each other is canceled.
A shaping method for a double pipe includes: bending the double pipe with a specified curvature to form a bent portion in the double pipe; and arranging the bent portion on a first shaping die having a first shaping surface at a position biased inward or outward in a curvature radius direction of the bent portion relative to the first shaping surface, wherein the first shaping surface is configured to shape a first outer surface of both outer surfaces of the bent portion that are located on both sides of a plane including a central axis of the bent portion, and pressing the bent portion arranged on the first shaping die by a second shaping die having a second shaping surface configured to shape a second outer surface of the both outer surfaces of the bent portion.
A valve device includes a rotation shaft, a valve body, and a biasing portion. The valve body is configured to be rotationally displaceable about the rotation shaft between a closed position and an open position. The biasing portion biases the valve body so as to cause the valve body to approach the closed position. The valve body includes an upstream wall arranged in a position upstream of the rotation shaft in a flow direction of the fluid when the valve body is in the closed position. The valve body includes a rotation end, which is an end distal from the rotation shaft and moves downstream in the flow direction of the fluid in response to a displacement of the valve body from the closed position to the open position, and the rotation end is shaped to project upstream when the valve body is in the closed position.
Provided is a canister that can inhibit discharge of evaporated fuel to the atmosphere. One aspect of the present disclosure is a canister. The canister includes a charge port, a purge port, an atmosphere port, a main chamber to which a charge port and a purge port are connected, a sub chamber to which the atmosphere port is connected, an intermediate chamber arranged between the main chamber and the sub chamber in a flow path of an evaporated fuel, the intermediate chamber being connected to each of the main chamber and the sub chamber, a first adsorbent stored in the main chamber, second adsorbent stored in the sub chamber, and a third adsorbent stored it intermediate chamber. An adsorption capacity of the third adsorbent is smaller than each of an adsorption capacity of the first adsorbent and an adsorption capacity of the second adsorbent.
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
Provided is a canister that makes it possible to reduce production costs. One aspect of the present disclosure is a canister. The canister includes an outer case including a charge port that takes in an evaporated fuel, a purge port that discharges the evaporated fuel, and an atmosphere port open to the atmosphere, an inner case arranged inside the outer case, the inner case having an inner space to which the atmosphere port is connected, a first adsorption chamber arranged in the inner space of the inner case, and a second adsorption chamber arranged between the first adsorption chamber and the atmosphere port in a flow path of the evaporated fuel in the inner space of the inner case. A cross-sectional area perpendicular to a gas flow direction in the second adsorption chamber and a cross-sectional area perpendicular to a gas flow direction in the first adsorption chamber are different.
B01D 53/00 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
Provided is a canister including at least one chamber and a resin member. The resin member is arranged in an object chamber, which is any of the at least one chamber. An adsorbent arranged in the object chamber is formed as a plurality of granular bodies. The resin member is an integrally formed member of resin, and includes a coupling member and at least one rod-shaped unit. The at least one rod-shaped unit includes a plurality of rod-shaped portions extending from the coupling member in a direction substantially parallel to a direction intersecting a gas flow direction in the object chamber at an angle of 45° or more and 90° or less.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
A canister that adsorbs and desorbs evaporative fuel generated in a fuel tank of a vehicle includes an adsorbent and a tubular body. A contact surface that is at least a partial area of an inner wall surface of the tubular body in a length direction of a central axis is brought into contact with a side surface of the inserted adsorbent to suppress movement of the adsorbent in a direction orthogonal to the central axis. The tubular body has an inclined surface in which the inner wall surface is inclined in a direction approaching the central axis of the tubular body in at least a partial area of an area from a starting point to the contact surface, the starting point being an opening end of an opening into which the adsorbent can be inserted.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
Provided is a canister including at least one chamber, an inflow port, an atmosphere port, an outflow port, and a plurality of rod-shaped portions. In the at least one chamber, an adsorbent for fuel vapor is arranged. The plurality of rod-shaped portions is a plurality of elongated portions arranged in an object chamber, which is any of the at least one chamber. The adsorbent arranged in the object chamber is formed as a plurality of granular bodies. At least a part of the plurality of rod-shaped portions has, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, at least one recess formed.
F02M 25/00 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
A valve mounting structure includes a mounting portion, a valve, and a cushion. The valve includes a valve seat having a cylindrical joining portion that receives the mounting portion inserted thereto, or is inserted to the mounting portion. The cushion is arranged between the mounting portion and the joining portion, and fixed to each of the mounting portion and the joining portion. In a case where one of the mounting portion and the joining portion is a first portion and the other is a second portion, the first portion includes a peripheral wall and an opening portion without the peripheral wall formed therein. A fixing portion in which the second portion and the cushion are fixed to each other is at least partly arranged at a position adjacent to the opening portion along a radial direction of the mounting portion.
A side wall of a pipe is clamped by a first die and a second die to thereby clamp the pipe. The first die and the second die are made to approach each other while an end of the pipe is pressed toward the first die by the third die along a longitudinal direction of the pipe, to thereby form a spool between the first die and the second die. In a state where the spool is clamped by the first die and the second die, the third die is separated from the pipe along the longitudinal direction of the pipe so as to separate the second die and the third die from each other. Clamping of the pipe is released such that the first die and the second die separate from the side wall of the pipe, to thereby unclamp the pipe.
Provided is a method of resistance spot welding that can inhibit breakage of a high-tensile steel plate without materials being limited. One aspect of the present disclosure is a method of resistance spot welding including welding of a workpiece made of layered steel plates with a resistance spot welding apparatus. The resistance spot welding apparatus includes a first electrode contacting a first steel plate that is a high-tensile steel plate among the steel plates, and a second electrode contacting a second steel plate having less tensile strength than the first steel plate among the steel plates and configured such that the workpiece is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. In the welding, the first steel plate is compressed in a direction that intersects a thickness direction of the first steel plate at least from during welding of the workpiece until completion of welding of the workpiece.
In a manufacturing method of a tailored blank including a first steel plate and a second steel plate to be joined by butt welding, the first and second steel plates are butt welded with a laser beam. The laser beam has a power density q1 in a first region, a power density q2 in a second region, a power density q3 in a third region, and a power density q4 in a fourth region. The power density q1, the power density q2, the power density q3, and the power density q4 satisfy a relationship of q1>q2>q3>q4.
An exhaust pipe forming a flow path of exhaust gas of a vehicle includes a first end including a first opening, a first flange portion formed on the first end, and a cover member. The first flange portion is configured to be fastened to a second flange portion formed on a second end of another exhaust pipe. The cover member includes a held portion and an inner circumferential portion. The held portion is held between the first end and the second end when the first flange portion and the second flange portion are fastened together. The inner circumferential portion covers a region adjacent to the first opening in the inner circumferential surface of the exhaust pipe.
F16L 23/036 - Flanged joints the flanges being connected by members tensioned axially characterised by the tensioning members, e.g. specially adapted bolts or C-clamps
F16L 23/16 - Flanged joints characterised by the sealing means
F01N 13/18 - Construction facilitating manufacture, assembly or disassembly
A canister, mounted in a vehicle with an engine and including one or more chambers, includes adsorbents, an inflow port, an atmosphere port, an outflow port, and an adjusting member. The adjusting member is placed in a target chamber of the two or more chambers together with a corresponding adsorbent of the adsorbents. The target chamber is provided with a cushioning area located adjacent to at least one port of the ports. Two or more rod-shaped portions have first and second cross-sections orthogonal to a flow direction of an atmosphere and a fuel vapor. The first cross section is formed in the cushioning area, and the second cross-section is formed at a position distanced from the at least one port relative to the cushioning area. The first cross-section has a smaller area than an area of the second cross-section.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
A canister, mounted in a vehicle with an engine and including one or more chambers, includes adsorbents, an inflow port, an atmosphere port, an outflow port, two or more adjusting portions, and one or more coupling portions. The two or more adjusting portions are elongated members placed in at least one target chamber of one or more chamber togethers, together with corresponding one adsorbent among the adsorbents to the target chamber. The one or more coupling portions couple the two or more adjusting portions to one another. Furthermore, the one or more coupling portions are provided to the two or more adjusting portions at a position distanced from end surfaces of the two or more adjusting portions.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
A canister that adsorbs and desorbs fuel vapor generated in a fuel tank of a vehicle includes a housing and at least one expansion inhibitor. The housing is in a form of a cylinder configured to be filled with activated carbon. The housing includes a filled portion which is an area in the housing filled with the activated carbon; an unfilled portion which is an area in the housing not filled with the activated carbon; a boundary portion that defines a boundary between the filled portion and the unfilled portion; and a center portion which is situated at the axial center of the filled portion. The at least one expansion inhibitor inhibits an expansion of the boundary portion in an outward direction from being greater than an expansion of the center portion in the outward direction.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
B01J 20/20 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising free carbonSolid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising carbon obtained by carbonising processes
Provided is an evaporated fuel treatment device configured to adsorb and desorb an evaporated fuel originating in a fuel tank. A first adsorption chamber is arranged in a flow passage. A second adsorption chamber is connected to the first adsorption chamber, and is arranged, in the flow passage, closer to an atmosphere port with respect to the first adsorption chamber. A first adsorption layer is arranged within the first adsorption chamber, and adsorbs the evaporated fuel. A second adsorption layer is arranged within the second adsorption chamber, and adsorbs the evaporated fuel. A sectional area of the second adsorption layer perpendicular to a direction in which the evaporated fuel flows through the second adsorption layer being larger than a sectional area of the first adsorption layer perpendicular to a direction in which the evaporated fuel flows through the first adsorption layer.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
A valve device is configured to adjust an opening degree of a flow path for fluid, and includes an axial member, a valve body, and a biasing member. The axial member is configured to be fixed to the flow path. The valve body is rotatable about the axial member, and is configured to be rotated in a closing direction in which the opening degree is reduced, and to be rotated, by the use of a fluid flowing down through the flow path, in an opening direction in which the opening degree is increased. The biasing member is provided to the axial member inside the flow path, and is configured to bias the valve body to rotate in the closing direction.
One aspect of the present disclosure is a resistance spot welding apparatus for welding a workpiece made of layered metallic plates. The resistance spot welding apparatus includes a first electrode; a second electrode arranged such that the workpiece is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a pressure mechanism that applies pressure to the first electrode towards the first metallic plate by air. The pressure mechanism includes a piston coupled to the first electrode; a cylinder having an inner space that accommodates the piston; a first ventilation unit that supplies the inner space with air for applying pressure to the first electrode; and a second ventilation unit that discharges air from the inner space as pressure is applied to the first electrode. At least one of the first ventilation unit or the second ventilation unit includes two or more air passages that communicate with the inner space.
12 - Land, air and water vehicles; parts of land vehicles
Goods & Services
Non-electric prime movers for land vehicles, not including
their parts; mechanical elements for land vehicles;
anti-theft alarms for vehicles; AC motors or DC motors for
land vehicles, not including their parts; automobiles and
their parts and fittings; two-wheeled motor vehicles,
bicycles and their parts and fittings; adhesive rubber
patches for repairing tubes or tires.
71.
Manufacturing device for bent pipe and method of manufacturing bent pipe
One aspect of the present disclosure is a manufacturing device for a bent pipe by which the bent pipe is obtained by bending a double pipe. The manufacturing device for a bent pipe includes an inner core metal, an intermediate core metal, a bending mold, and a controller. The controller executes a first bending process, a second bending process, and a re-bending process. In the first bending process, a first pipe and a second pipe are bend in a first direction in a first area. In the second bending process, the first pipe and the second pipe are bent in a second direction in a second area. The second area has more distance from a coupling portion than the first area does. In the re-bending process, the second pipe is bent in the same direction as the second direction in the second area.
B21D 9/07 - Bending tubes using mandrels or the like co-operating with forming members with one or more swinging forming members engaging tube ends only
B21D 9/04 - Bending tubes using mandrels or the like the mandrel being rigid
12 - Land, air and water vehicles; parts of land vehicles
Goods & Services
Non-electric prime movers for land vehicles, not including their parts, namely, engines for land vehicles, motors; mechanical elements for land vehicles, namely, drive shafts, shock absorbers, brakes; anti-theft alarms for vehicles; AC motors or DC motors for land vehicles, not including their parts; automobiles and structural parts therefor; adhesive rubber patches for repairing tubes or tires
73.
Method of resistance spot welding and resistance spot welding apparatus
A method of resistance spot welding that enables an improvement of a weld strength of steel plates having different plate thicknesses while inhibiting generation of spatters is provided. One aspect of the present disclosure is the method of resistance spot welding, the method including welding a workpiece made of layered steel plates with a resistance spot welding apparatus. The resistance spot welding apparatus includes a first electrode configured to contact a first steel plate among the steel plates, and a second electrode configured to contact, among the steel plates, a second steel plate that is thinner than the first steel plate, and the second electrode being arranged such that the workpiece is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The welding includes welding while moving the second electrode relative to the first electrode in a direction parallel with a plate surface of the second steel plate.
A canister that adsorbs and desorbs an evaporated fuel generated in a fuel tank of a vehicle includes an outer case, an inner case, a connecting port, and a sealing member. The inner case has a cylindrical shape. The inner case is fitted into the outer case. The inner case is filled therein with an adsorbent in a granular form. The inner case includes a first end and a second end. The connecting port connects an inside and an outside of the outer case to each other. The sealing member is provided to the second end of the inner case located opposite to the first end leading to the connecting port. The sealing member seals a gap between the outer case and a joining portion of the inner case. The joining portion joins the inner case to the outer case.
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
The present disclosure provides a method of resistance spot welding that can inhibit Liquid Metal Embrittlement-induced cracking in zinc-coated steel plates irrespective of the degrees of tensile strength. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of resistance spot welding. The method comprises welding a workpiece with a resistance spot welding apparatus. The workpiece includes two or more steel plates in an overlapping state. The two or more steel plates include at least one steel plate coated with zinc. The welding includes welding while compressing a high-tensile steel plate among the two or more steel plates in a direction intersecting a direction of a thickness of the high-tensile steel plate. The high-tensile steel plate has a tensile strength higher than a tensile strength of another steel plate among the two or more steel plates.
The present disclose provides a method of resistance spot welding that can inhibit Liquid Metal Embrittlement-induced cracking in zinc-coated steel plates irrespective of the plate thicknesses. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of resistance spot welding that includes welding a workpiece with a resistance spot welding apparatus. The workpiece includes two or more steel plates in an overlapping state. The two or more steel plates include at least one steel plate coated with zinc. The welding includes causing a cooling rate of a high-tensile steel plate among the two or more steel plates to be higher than a cooling rate of an other steel plate among the two or more steel plates. The high-tensile steel plate has a tensile strength higher than a tensile strength of the other steel plate.
A pipe extending from a first side toward a second side includes a side wall and a spool. The spool formed in the side wall is bent so as to protrude from an outer circumferential surface of the pipe, and extends to surround the outer circumferential surface. The spool includes a first portion located on the first side and a second portion located on the second side. There is a clearance between the first portion and the second portion in a top region of the spool, and the first portion and the second portion substantially abut each other in a base region.
F16L 13/14 - Non-disconnectable pipe joints, e.g. soldered, adhesive, or caulked joints made by plastically deforming the material of the pipe, e.g. by flanging, rolling
A front pillar substructure that enables reduction in deformation of a front pillar. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a front pillar substructure including a front pillar, and a rocker being joined to the front pillar. The front pillar includes an inner panel located inside with respect to the rocker, and an outer panel arranged so as to interpose the rocker between the inner panel and the outer panel. The outer panel includes an upper panel, and a lower panel overlapped with and joined to the upper panel, the lower panel extending downward with respect to the upper panel. The upper panel or the lower panel includes a bent section bending in the width direction when viewed from the front-rear direction, the bent section being located inside with respect to a joint region where the upper panel and the lower panel are joined.
B62D 27/02 - Connections between superstructure sub-units rigid
B62D 21/15 - 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
An evaporated fuel treatment device includes a main adsorption chamber and a sub adsorption chamber. The sub adsorption chamber includes a first adsorption layer, a second adsorption layer and a high-desorption layer. The second adsorption layer is situated closer to an atmosphere port than the first adsorption layer is, and has a lower performance of adsorbing fuel vapor than the first adsorption layer does. The high-desorption layer is situated closer to the main adsorption chamber than the first adsorption layer is, and a higher performance of desorbing the fuel vapor than the first adsorption layer or the second adsorption layer does.
F02M 33/02 - Other apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel or fuel-air mixture for collecting and returning condensed fuel
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
A front pillar upper structure of a vehicle includes an outer member and an inner member. The inner member forms an inner wall of the front pillar upper structure in a vehicle-width direction, and is joined to the outer member forming an outer wall in the vehicle-width direction to form a closed cross-section structure. The inner member includes a flange part, a first wall part, and a second wall part. The second wall part is disposed between the flange part located on the lower side of the inner member and joined to the outer member and the first wall part located above the flange part. The second wall part has an angle of inclination in a range from 41° to 68° to a principal axis of inertia extending in the vehicle-width direction in a cross section substantially vertical to a longitudinal direction of the front pillar upper structure.
B62D 21/15 - 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
81.
Manufacturing device for bent pipe and method of manufacturing bent pipe
One aspect of the present disclosure is a manufacturing device for a bent pipe. The manufacturing device includes an inner core metal placed inside a first pipe, and a tubular intermediate core metal placed between the first pipe and a second pipe. The intermediate core metal includes an intermediate core metal main body and a tubular first intermediate movable portion. The first intermediate movable portion is coupled to an end portion of the intermediate core metal main body, and swings about a first intermediate pivot axis relative to the intermediate core metal main body. The intermediate core metal main body includes an edge positioned closer to the first intermediate movable portion while the double pipe is bent. The edge intersects an imaginary plane orthogonal to a central axis of the second pipe at a position where the second pipe contacts the intermediate core metal.
Provided is a fixing member which is used for fixing a component to a target member. The fixing member includes two holding portions, a joining portion, and a projecting portion. The two holding portions are configured to hold the target member from both sides. The joining portion connects two first ends of the two holding portions. The projecting portion protrudes from the joining portion toward an opening between two second ends of the two holding portions. The two second ends are opposite the two first ends of the two holding portions. The projecting portion has an end close to the opening, and the end protrudes further than at least one of the two second ends of the two holding portions in a direction where the projecting portion protrudes from the joining portion.
F16B 2/22 - Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material
Provided is a method of manufacturing a joined member that is manufactured by applying resistance welding to a workpiece. The workpiece is provided with plating layers on sides to be in contact with electrodes. In a state in which a first electrode is in contact with a first area in a first plate material that is curved along a contour of a leading end of the first electrode and in which a second electrode is in contact with a second area in a second plate material that is curved along a contour of a leading end of the second electrode, energization between the first electrode and the second electrode is started to form a nugget.
Provided is a method of manufacturing a molded product that can reduce problems on a reinforcing plate during pressing. In one aspect of the present disclosure, the method of manufacturing a molded product includes welding a first metal plate overlaid with a second metal plate to the second metal plate; and pressing the first metal plate and the second metal plate together. In the pressing, a base surface and a wall surface are formed on the first metal plate; the wall surface is disposed to cross the base surface. In the welding, a first welding is performed on a reinforcing portion of the second metal plate that is overlaid on an area of the first metal plate that is formed into the wall surface; and subsequently, a second welding is performed in a direction crossing a direction of the first welding.
One aspect of the present disclosure provides a muffler including an exhaust pipe and a space forming member. The exhaust pipe has a cylindrical shape having a flow passage inside through which exhaust gas passes. The space forming member forms closed spaces between itself and the exhaust pipe, the closed spaces being branched from the flow passage and adjacent to the flow passage. Each of the closed spaces and the flow passage communicate with one another via a single communication hole.
A steering support includes a body portion provided with an internal space, and first and second fastening portions. The first fastening portion is provided to form a first steering fastening portion configured to fasten the body portion and a steering of a vehicle. The second fastening portion is provided to form a miscellaneous member fastening portion configured to fasten the body portion and a miscellaneous member of the vehicle. At least part of the first steering fastening portion and at least a part of the miscellaneous member fastening portion are located on a substantially straight line that passes through the internal space.
A muffler includes an exhaust pipe, a shell, and a cover. The exhaust pipe includes communication holes and is configured to allow an exhaust gas to flow through an interior of the exhaust pipe. The shell is disposed outside the communication holes to cover the communication holes. The cover has a tubular shape. The cover is disposed between the exhaust pipe and the shell. The cover is disposed at a distance, which is specified in advance, from the exhaust pipe.
One aspect of the present disclosure is a manufacturing device by which the bent pipe is obtained by bending a double pipe. The device includes inner and intermediate core metals, a bending mold, and a controller. The controller executes: a first bending process in which first and second pipes are bent by the bending mold in a first direction in a first area of the double pipe where the inner and intermediate core metals are placed; a second bending process in which the first and second pipes are bent, after the first bending process, by the bending mold in a second direction in a second area of the double pipe where the inner and intermediate core metals are placed; and a first bending-back process in which the second pipe is bent, after the first bending process, in a direction opposite to the first direction in the first area.
B21D 9/00 - Bending tubes using mandrels or the like
B21D 11/07 - Making serpentine-shaped articles by bending essentially in one plane
B21D 9/05 - Bending tubes using mandrels or the like co-operating with forming members
B21D 7/024 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment by a swinging forming member
B21D 9/07 - Bending tubes using mandrels or the like co-operating with forming members with one or more swinging forming members engaging tube ends only
A canister includes a filling chamber and an internal structure. The filling chamber is filled with activated carbon. The internal structure includes a first component and a second component that are arranged in the filling chamber. The first component is located at a position that is different from a position of the second component in a flow direction of an evaporated fuel in the filling chamber and is positioned such that at least a portion thereof does not overlap in position with the second component when projected onto a plane perpendicular to the flow direction.
F02M 33/02 - Other apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel or fuel-air mixture for collecting and returning condensed fuel
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
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Device for manufacturing bent pipe and method for manufacturing bent pipe
Provided is a device for manufacturing a bent pipe, the device being capable of reducing buckling. The device including: an inner core metal arranged inside a first pipe; and a bending mold to bend the first pipe. The inner core metal includes: an inner core metal body; a first inner movable portion coupled to the inner core metal body and swingable around a first rocking shaft orthogonal to a central axis of the inner core metal body; and a second inner movable portion coupled to the first inner movable portion and swingable around a second rocking shaft parallel to the first rocking shaft. The first inner movable portion has an enlarging diameter portion enlarged in diameter toward the second inner movable portion. The bending mold causes an inner surface of the first pipe to press the first inner movable portion and the second inner movable portion.
Provided is a method of manufacturing a pipe including a large-diameter portion, a small-diameter portion, and a reduced diameter portion connecting the large-diameter portion and the small-diameter portion, the method comprising: forming a metal plate member into a U-shaped member having a U-shaped cross section; and forming the U-shaped member into a shape of the pipe. The U-shaped member includes: a curved portion facing an opening between both edges of the U-shaped cross section; and two facing side walls continued from the curved portion. An opening degree of the two facing side walls in a portion to form the small-diameter portion is larger than an opening degree of the two facing side walls in a portion to form the large-diameter portion.
B21D 7/06 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes in press brakes or between rams and anvils or abutmentsPliers with forming dies
B21D 5/08 - Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves by drawing procedure making use of dies or forming-rollers, e.g. making profiles making use of forming-rollers
B21D 5/10 - Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves by drawing procedure making use of dies or forming-rollers, e.g. making profiles for making tubes
A manufacturing method of a component includes a method for welding base materials with each other by laser welding, in which welding is performed by irradiating a laser beam along a welding line. The manufacturing method of a component includes, before starting the welding along the welding line, increasing an output power of the laser beam, while repeatedly moving an irradiation position of the laser beam in a neighborhood of a start point of the welding line, repeatedly moving the irradiation position of the laser beam at least between a first point and a second point. The first point is the start point. The second point is different from the first point.
At least one mobile part included in a plate separator is configured movable between a first position and a second position, which is different from the first position. At least one biasing portion biases the at least one mobile part toward the first position. The at least one mobile part includes a contact portion that comes into contact with the top plate when a plate holder lifts the top plate upward. The at least one mobile part is configured to be moved toward the second position as being pushed by the top plate when the top plate in contact with the at least one contact portion is moved further upward, thereby allowing an upward movement of the top plate.
In a manufacturing method of an assembly, the assembly including a metal part and a pipe, the pipe including a material containing a resin, an adhesive is first adhered to an outer circumferential surface of the pipe and a metal part covering at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the pipe. Here, an area to which the adhesive is adhered on the outer circumferential surface of the pipe is defined as an adhesion area. Next, by a heat source provided inside the pipe, a target area is heated without interposing the metal part. The target area is located radially interior to the adhesion area and located on an inner circumferential surface of the pipe.
B29C 65/48 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor using adhesives
B29C 65/00 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor
F16L 3/127 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing comprising a member substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing and extending away from the attachment surface
Firstly, an upper base material is disposed above a lower base material. Secondly, a laser beam is irradiated so that an area irradiated with a laser beam at a time of melting start is formed on only an upper surface of the upper base material or on only both the upper surface and an end surface of the upper base material, whereby the end surface of the upper base material and the lower base material are fillet welded. With the end surface as a reference, a side the upper surface and the lower surface are positioned is a first side, and an opposite side of the first side is a second side. The laser beam is set such that an intensity of the laser beam is lower toward the second side from the first peak area within the irradiation area of the laser beam.
A side bracket includes at least one body fastening portion to be fastened to a body of a vehicle, an inner fastening portion, an outer fastening portion, an inner joining part, and an outer joining part. The inner joining part is provided in a rim surrounding a through hole in the inner fastening portion, and in a position closer to a central side in a vehicle-width direction than at least one body fastening portion, the inner joining part is joined to an outer circumferential surface of the steering member penetrating the through hole. The outer joining part is provided in the outer fastening portion, and in a position closer to an end side in the vehicle-width direction than at least one body fastening portion, the outer joining part is joined to a front portion of the outer circumferential surface of the steering member.
A pipe is formed by press molding a U-shaped member including a U-shaped cross section. The U-shaped cross section includes at least five curved portions. The curved portions include a center curved portion facing an opening of the U-shaped cross section defined by both edges of the U-shaped cross section; a first right curved portion; a second right curved portion; a first left curved portion; and a second left curved portion. At least the center curved portion, the first right curved portion, and the first left curved portion each have a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of curvature of a corresponding portion of the pipe cross section.
B21D 5/00 - Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves
B21D 5/10 - Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves by drawing procedure making use of dies or forming-rollers, e.g. making profiles for making tubes
B21D 51/16 - Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects
B21D 51/10 - Making hollow objects characterised by the structure of the objects conically or cylindrically shaped objects
B21D 5/01 - Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves between rams and anvils or abutments
A canister includes a charge port, a purge port, an atmosphere port, a main chamber, a sub chamber, activated carbon, and additional activated carbon. The sub chamber communicates with the main chamber. The atmosphere port is connected to the sub chamber directly or via an additional chamber. The activated carbon is stored in a main volume (Vmain) in the main chamber. The additional activated carbon is stored in a sub volume (Vsub) in the sub chamber. A ratio of a length L in a gas flow direction to an equivalent diameter D in a section perpendicular to the gas flow direction is 2 or more for the sub chamber. A ratio of a volume of the activated carbon stored in the main chamber to a volume of the activated carbon stored in the sub chamber (Vmain/Vsub) is more than 7 and equal to or less than 10.
F02M 25/00 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
Provided is a tail pipe in which a silencing effect at a discharge port is obtained. One aspect of the present disclosure is a tail pipe including: an inner tube including a discharge port configured such that an exhaust gas is discharged therefrom; an outer tube arranged so as to form a space between the outer tube and the inner tube by surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube, an upstream end of the outer tube in a flow direction of the exhaust gas being closed; and at least one communication hole allowing communication between an interior of the inner tube and the space.
Provided is a muffler that can reduce sound pressure of a standing wave in an outlet pipe and, at the same time, can inhibit generation of flow noise. In one aspect of the present disclosure, the muffler includes a housing, an outlet pipe, a cover that covers the outlet pipe. The outlet pipe includes an outlet end and at least one communication hole. The outlet end opens into the housing. The at least one communication hole is formed in an outer circumferential surface of the outlet pipe. The cover includes a wall portion and an opening. The wall portion is disposed to overlap with the at least one communication hole in a radial direction of the outlet pipe. The opening communicates the at least one communication hole and an internal space of the housing with each other.
