MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517078941 A) filed by Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on Aug. 20, for 'method for manufacturing press-molded article.'
Inventor(s) include Urushibata, Ryo; and Ito, Yasuhiro.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a press-molded article, the method comprising inserting a blank (200) between a die (20) and a blank holder (30) and pressing the blank (200) in a press direction (P) by means of a punch (10). When viewed from the press direction (P), an edge (24) of the die (20) includes a curved part (241) and an edge (201) of the blank (200) includes a curved part (211). The interval (w) between the blank edge curved part (211) and the edge (24) of the die (20) differs between one end portion (211a) and the other end portion (211b) of the blank edge curved part (211). The blank holder (30) holds a portion of the edge (201) of the blank (200) together with the die (20). The interval (d) between an edge (34) of the blank holder (30) and the edge (201) of the blank (200) held between the blank holder (30) and the die (20) changes along the edge (201) of the blank (200). The interval (d) is the largest at the blank edge curved part (211)."
The patent application was internationally filed on Apr. 04, 2023, under International application No.PCT/JP2023/013915.
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