TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE PART AND PANEL MEMBER THEREFOR
5
Technical Field
[OOOl]
The present invention relates to a panel member for attenuating noise and
vibration and a patch panel therefor.
10
Background Art
[OO02]
In transportation vehicles such as automobiles, railroad vehicles, vessels,
and aircrafts, noise and vibration are generated due to various kinds of factors.
15 [OOO3]
For example, an engine or a motor that is an automobile power source
generates noise and vibration while the engine or the motor is being driven. In
addition, while an automobile travels, noise and vibration are generated in the
vehicle body by an uneven road surface or the like. If such noise and vibration are
20 directly transmitted into the vehicle body (cabin), occupants in the vehicle may be
uncomfortable.
[OOO4]
In view of this, techniques for suppressing such noise and vibration have
been developed heretofore. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a sound
25 attenuating patch for reducing noise and vibration of a panel assembly. For another
example, Patent Literature 2 discloses a vehicle floor tub for reducing noise and
vibration which are transmitted into the vehicle.
[OOOS]
The sound attenuating panel disclosed in Patent Literature 1 is adhered on a
30 main panel of the panel assen~blyw ith an adhesive layer. In the vehicle floor tub
disclosed in Patent Literature 2, a noise attenuating patch is adhered on a main panel
with an adhesive laycr. Thus, each of the sound attenuating panel of Patent
Literature 1 and the noise attenuating panel of Patent Literature 2 is used by being
adhered on the main panel in ordcr to reduce noise and vibration.
Citation List
Patent Literature
[0006]
Patent Literature 1:
Patent Literature 2:
Summary of Invention
Technical Problem
[0007]
When a panel assembly or a vehicle floor tub as described above is actually
15 used, the vibration characteristic at frequencies including the frequencies in the
conditions in which the panel assembly or the vehicle floor tub is used (for example,
frequencies of vibration which is applied to the panel assembly or the vehicle floor
tub while a vehicle travels or an engine drives) is important. The vibration
characteristic at the above frequencies may be improved by increasing a natural
20 frequency in a primary mode, for example. Nevertheless, according to an intensive
research that was conducted by the inventors of the present invention, there may be
cases in which the vibration characteristic of the panel assembly at the above
frequencies cannot be sufficiently improved by merely affixing the sound attenuating
panel on the main panel. Similarly, there may be cases in which the vibration
25 characteristic of the vehicle floor tub at the above frequencies cannot be sufficiently
improved by merely affixing the noise attenuating patch on the main panel. In such
cases, noise and vibration may not be appropriately suppressed.
[OOOX]
The present invention has been achieved in order to solve these problems,
30 and an object of the present invention is to provide a transportation vehicle part for
appropriately improving the vibration characteristic of a panel member and a panel
member having a vibration characteristic that is appropriately improved
Solution to Problem
[0009]
5 The inventors of the present invention conducted an intensive research on a
structure for improving the vibration characteristic of a panel inembel; in which a
patch member is affixed on a main panel. A patch panel for constructing a patch
member of a panel member as described above is generally obtained from a rolled
metal plate. More specifically, normally, considering the production yield, a patch
10 panel may be obtained fiom a metal plate so that the rolling direction of the metal
plate will be the longitudinal direction of the patch panel or the direction orthogonal
to the rolling direction of the metal plate will be the longitudinal direction of the
patch panel. However, according to a result of the search that was conducted by the
inventors of the present invention, when a patch panel is obtained as described above,
15 the vibration characteristic of a panel member may not be sufficiently improved.
Then, the inventors of the present invention performed various studies on the reason
why the vibration characteristic of the panel member is not improved.
[OO 101
Metal plates that are produced via a rolling step are applied with plastic
20 strain in rolling. The amount of the plastic strain differs according to the direction
at any position in the metal plate. For example, the amount of the plastic strain
differs between the rolling direction and a direction orthogonal to the rolling
direction (width direction). The difference in the plastic strain generates anisotropy
in the Young's modulus of the inetal plate. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, which
25 is described later, the Young's modulus of a patch panel which is obtained from a
rolled metal plate is the highest in a direction of approximately 90 degrees with
respect to the rolling direction and is the lowest in directions of approximately 45
degrees and approximately 135 degrees with respect to the rolling direction. Such
anisotropy in the Young's modulus is especially great in a metal plate having a high
30 tensile strength (for example, a high tensile steel).
[OOII]
The inventors of the present invention considered that such anisotropy in the
Young's modulus of the patch panel may greatly affect the vibration characteristic of
a panel member. Then, it was found that a relationship between the rolling
direction of the patch panel (factor that affects the anisotropy in the Young's
5 modulus) and the longitudinal direction of the patch panel greatly affects the
vibration characteristic of the panel member.
[0012]
The present invention has been completed based on the above findings, and
the present invention provides a panel member and a patch panel as described below.
lo [0013]
(1)
A transportation vehicle part including:
a patch member constructed of
a plate-like metal patch panel, and
a vibration attenuating resin layer provided along a surface of the
patch panel; and
a metal base plate closely adhered with the vibration attenuating resin layer
of the patch member and &xed with the patch member,
wherein the patch panel is produced via a rolling step, and
20 wherein an acute angle between a longitudinal direction and a rolling
direction of the patch panel is 30 to 70 degrees.
(2)
The transportation vehicle part according to (I),
wherein the base plate is produced via a rolling step, and
25 wherein an acute angle between the longitudinal direction of the patch panel
and a rolling direction of the base plate is 30 to 70 degrees.
(3)
The transportation vehicle part according to (1) or (2),
wherein the patch panel is a steel sheet which has a tensile strength ol: 590
30 MPa or more.
(4)
The transportation vehicle part according to any one of (1) to (3),
wherein the patch panel and the base plate are welded together at at least
one part of the patch panel and the base plate.
(5)
5 The transpoltation vehicle part according to any one of (1) to (4),
wherein the transportation vehicle part includes a ridged portion, and the
patch panel and the base plate are welded together at at least one part of the ridged
portion.
(6)
10 The transportation vehicle part according to any one of (I) to (5),
wherein the transportation vehicle part is provided with a rigidity reinforced
portion which has a recessed and projected shape.
(7)
The transportation vehicle part according to any one of (1) to (6),
wherein the vibration attenuating resin layer has conductivity.
(8)
The transportation vehicle part according to any one of (1) to (7),
wherein the patch panel has a thickness of 0.3 mm or more and not greater
than a thickness of the base plate.
20 (9)
The transportation vehicle part according to any one of (1) to (8),
wherein the vibration attenuating resin layer has a thickness of 10 pln or
more to 1000 pm or less.
(10)
25 The transportation vehicle part according to any one of (1) to (9),
wherein the vibration attenuating resin layer is constructed of multiple
layers which have different temperatwe characteristics with each other.
(11)
The transportation vehicle part according to (1 0),
30 wherein a panel is inserted between the multiple layers.
(12)
The transportation vehicle pait according to any one of (1) to (1 l),
wherein an uneven surface processing is performcd on a surface of the patch
panel or a surface of the base plate, which contacts the vibration attenuating resin
layer.
5 (13)
A panel member including:
a patch member constructed of
a plate-like metal patch panel, and
a vibration attenuating resin layer provided along a surface of the
10 patch panel; and
a metal base plate closely adhered with the vibration attenuating resin layer
of the patch member and affixed wit11 the patch member,
wherein the patch panel is produced via a rolling step, and
wherein an acute angle between a longitudinal direction and a rolling
15 direction of the patch panel is 30 to 70 degrees.
Advantageous Effects of Invention
[0014]
According to the present invention, a panel member having a vibration
20 characteristic that is improved and a patch panel for improving the vibration
characteristic of the panel member are obtained.
Brief Description of Drawings
[00 151
25 [FIG. 1 A] FIG. 1A is an external perspective view of a panel member according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[FIG. lB] FIG. 1B is a side view of a panel member.
[FIG. 21 FIG. 2 is a plan view ofa panel member.
[FIG. 31 FIG. 3 is a graph for explaining anisotropy in Young's modulus of a patch
30 panel.
[FIG. 4A] FIG. 4A illustrates anisotropy in Young's n~oduluso f a patch panel.
[FIG. 4BJ FIG. 4B illustrates anisotropy in Young's n~oduluso f a patch panel.
[FIG. 51 FIG. 5 is a plan view of a panel member.
[FIG. 61 FIG. 6 is a graph showing a rcsult of simulation in a case of using a steel
plate having a tensile strength of 450 MPa as a patch panel.
5 [FIG. 71 FIG. 7 is a graph showing a result of simulation in a case of using a steel
plate having a tensile strength of 595 MPa as a patch panel.
[FIG. 81 FIG. 8 is a graph showing a result of simulation in a case of using a steel
plate having a tensile strength of 789 MPa as a patch panel.
[FIG. 91 FIG. 9 is a graph showing a result of simulation in a case of using a steel
10 plate having a tensile strength of 450 MPa as a patch panel.
[FIG. 101 FIG. 10 is a graph showing a result of simulatio~in~ a case of using a steel
plate having a tensile strength of 595 MPa as a patch panel.
[FIG. 1 I] FIG. 11 is a graph showing a result of simulation in a case of using a steel
plate having a tensile strength of 789 MPa as a patch panel.
15 [FIG. 12A] FIG. 12A shows another example of a patch panel.
[FIG. 12B] FIG. 12B shows another example of a patch panel.
[FIG. 131 FIG. 13 is an external perspective view of a panel member according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[FIG. 141 FIG. 14 is an external perspective view of a dash panel according to an
20 embodiment of the present invention.
[FIG. 15A] FIG. 15A illustrates an example of a method for producing a panel
member.
[FIG. 15B] FIG. 15B illustrates an example of a method for producing a panel
member.
25 [FIG. 16A] FIG. 16A illustrates an example of a method for producing a panel
member and a dash panel.
[FIG. 16B] FIG. 16B illustrates an example of a method for producing a panel
member and a dash panel.
[FIG. 16C] FIG. 16C illustrates an example of a method for producing a panel
30 member and a dash panel.
[FIG. 171 FIG. 17 is a schematic view which shows an example of bonding a main
body and a patch panel with a vibration attenuating resin layer after the main body
and the patch panel are respectively pressed.
[FIG. 181 FIG. 18 is a schematic sectional view for explaining a vibration attenuating
function that is performed by a vibration attenuating resin layer.
5 [FIG. 191 FIG. 19 is a schematic view showing an example of providing a bead
portion at a portion which is not spot-welded.
[FIG. 201 FIG. 20 is a characteristic diagram showing multiple resins which have
different temperature characteristics from each other.
[FIG. 211 FIG. 21 is a sectional view showing an example of making a vibration
10 attenuating resin layer of multiple resin layers.
[FIG. 221 FIG. 22 is a sectional view showing an example of making a vibration
attenuating resin layer of multiple resin layers.
[FIG 231 FIG. 23 is a sectional view showing an example of performing a fine
uneven surface processing on a surface of a main body or a surface of a patch panel,
15 which contact a vibration attenuating resin layer.
[FIG. 241 FIG. 24 is an external perspective view of a panel member according to
another embodiment of the present invention.
[FIG. 251 FIG. 25 is an exteinal perspective view of a shock absorber tower.
[FIG 26A] FIG. 26A is a sectional view of a trunk floor panel that is viewed from a
20 side.
[FIG. 26B] FIG. 26B is a plan view of a patch member.
[FIG. 271 FIG. 27 is a plan view of another example of a patch member.
[FIG 281 FIG. 28 is an external perspective view of a floor tunnel part.
[FIG. 291 FIG. 29 is a characteristic diagranl showing a transfer function of a main
25 body which was affixed with a patch member and a transfer function of a main body
which was not affixed with a patch member.
[FIG. 301 FIG. 30 is a characteristic diagram in a case in which a total plate thickness
of a main body that was afixed with a patch member was made the same as the plate
thickness of a main body that was not affixed with a patch menlber.
30 [FIG. 3 11 FIG. 3 1 shows a case in which a total plate thickness of a main body that
was affixed with a patch member was made the same as the plate thickness of a main
body that was not affixcd with a patch member.
[FIG. 321 FIG. 32 is a characteristic diagram showing a transfer function of each of
main bodies which had the same shape and which were respectively affixed with
panel members that included patch panels having different thicknesses from each
5 other.
[FIG 331 FIG. 33 is a characteristic diagram showing a case of respectively affixing
patch members, which had different dimensions from each other, on main bodies.
[FIG. 341 FIG. 34 is a characteristic diagram showing a case of affixing a patch
member according to an embodiment on a main body in comparison with a case of
10 affixing each of vibration attenuating sheets (thickness of 3 mm, 4.5 mm, and 6 mm).
[FIG. 351 FIG. 35 is a schematic view showing a testing machine for measuring the
characteristics shown in FIGs. 29 to 34.
[FIG. 361 FIG. 36 is a plan view showing a condition that is viewed from the
direction of an arrow "A" in FIG. 35.
15
Description of Embodiments
[00 161
Hereinafter, (a) preferred embodiment(s) of the present disclosure will be
described in detail with reference to the appended drawings. In this specification
20 and the appended drawings, structural elements that have substantially the same
function and structure are denoted with the same reference numerals, and repeated
explanation of these structural elements is omitted.
[00 1 71
Hereinafter, a patch panel and a panel member provided with the patch
25 panel of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1A is an external
perspective view showing a panel member 10 according to an embodiment of the
present invention, and FIG. 1B is a side view of the panel member 10. The panel
member 10 may be formed into a dash panel of an automobile in an autonlobile
manufacturing plant, for example.
30 [0018]
As shown in FIGs. 1A and 1B, the panel mernber 10 includes a patch
member 13 and a metal main body (base plate or main panel) 16. The patch
member 13 is constructed of a metal patch panel 12 and a vibration attenuating resin
layer 14 which is provided along a surface of the patch panel 12, and the patch panel
12 is affixed on the main body 16 via the vibration attenuating resin layer 14. The
5 patch panel 12 and the main panel 16 may be respectively made of metal plates
which are produced via a rolling step. Specifically, the patcb panel 12 and the maiu
panel 16 are respectively made of rolled steel plates, for example. The vibration
attenuating resin'layer 14 is made of a viscoelastic resin and is made of, for example,
an acrylic resin which also functions as an adhesive or an epoxy resin. As the patch
10 panel 12, a steel plate having a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more is preferably
used, but a material having a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more, such as a soft steel,
may also be used.
[00 191
In this embodiment, each of the patch member 13 and the main body 16has
15 a rectangular shape in a plan view. The patch member 13 is smaller in size than the
main body 16 in the plan view. The thickness of the patch panel 12 is preferably
0.5 to 2.0 mm, for example, and the thickness of the main body 16 is preferably 0.7
to 3.2 mm, for exanlple.
[0020]
20 The panel member 10 is produced as described below, for example. First,
a main body 16 and a patch panel 12 are prepared, and a patch member 13 is
constructed by applying a vibration attenuating resin layer 14 on the patch panel 12.
Then, by closely adhering the main body 16 and the vibration attenuating resin layer
14 to each other, the patch member 13 is affixed on the main body 16. At this time,
25 the patch member 13 and the main body 16 are pressed to each other in a condition in
which the patch member 13 and the main body 16 are heated to 200 OC, whereby the
patch member 13 is affixed on the main body 16. Alternatively, the vibration
attenuating resin layer 14 is applied on a surface of the main body 16. Then, the
patch panel 12 is laminated on the main body 16 by interposing the vibration
30 attenuating resin layer 14 between the patcb panel 12 and the main body 16 and is
then heated to 200 OC. While the patch panel 12 and thc main body 16 x e 200 "C,
the patch pancl 12 and the main body 16 are pressed to each other by using a mold.
Thus, the main body 16 is affixed on the patch panel 12. In this case, the patch
panel 12 and the main body 16 are pressed together so that the thickness of the
adhesive layer 14 will be 0.05 mm, for example.
5 [0021]
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the panel member 10. In FIG. 2, the longitudinal
direction of the patch panel 12 is indicated by an arrow LD, the width direction of the
patch panel 12 is indicated by an arrow WD, the rolling direction of the patch panel
12 is indicated by an arrow RD1, and the rolling direction of the main body 16 is
10 indicated by an arrow RD2. The inventors of the present invention calculated an
appropriate value of each of an acute angle a between the longitudinal direction LD
and the rolling direction RDl of the patch panel 12 (hereinafter simply called as an
angle a) and an acute angle P between the longitudinal direction LD of the patch
panel 12 and the rolling direction RD2 of the main body 16 (hereinafter simply
15 called as an angle P) by simulation described below.
[0022]
In the simulation, by using an evaluation model (simulation model) having
the following structure as the patch panel 12, the adhesive layer 14, and the main
body 16, a vibration characteristic in a primary mode when the center of the patch
20 panel 12 vibrates at the largest amplitude was evaluated. Specifically, the vibration
characteristic in the primary mode of the evaluation model was evaluated so that a
displacement of each of four side surfaces of the main body 16 would be zero. As
the patch panel 12, models of three kinds of cold rolled steel plates which have
different tensile strengths from each other were used.
25 [0023]
(Structure of evaluation model)
.Patch panel
Thickness (nun): 0.5
Length (mm): 200
Width (mm): 100
Material: Cold rolled steel plate
Tensile strength (MPa): 450, 595, 789
,Adhesive layer
Thickness (mm): 0.05 mm
Material: Epoxy resin
.Main panel
Thickness (rnm): 0.5
Length (mm): 250
Width (mm): 125
Material: Cold rolled steel plate
Tensile strength (MPa): 455
[0024]
In the evaluation model, Young's modulus was specified in each of the patch
panel 12 and the main body 16. In this simulation, the Young's modulus of the cold
rolled steel plate that was actually used was measured, and the Young's modulus was
15 specified so as to have anisotropy in each of the patch panel 12 and the main body 16.
[0025]
FIGs. 3, 4A, and 4B illustrate anisotropy of the Young's modulus that was
applied to the patch panel 12 in the evaluation model. Specifically, FIG 3 is a
graph showing a relationship between the Young's modulus and the rolling direction
20 RDI at a fieely selected position of the patch panel 12. FIG. 4A is a plan view
showing a patch panel 12, in which the longitudinal direction LD corresponds to the
rolling direction RDI, and FIG. 4B is a plan view showing a patch panel 12, in which
the longitudinal direction LD differs from the rolling direction RDl. FIG. 4 shows
the Young's inodulus in any direction at a center point of the patch panel 12 by an
25 alternate long and short dashed line. FIGs. 3 and 4 illustrate the anisotropy of the
Young's modulus of the patch panel 12 in an easily understandable way and does not
correctly illustrate the Young's modulus which was actually applied in the simulation.
[0026]
As shown in FIGs. 3, 4A, and 4B, in the evaluation model, assuming that
30 the rolling direction RDI was the front and back direction, the Young's n~oduluso f
the patch panel 12 was set so that the Young's modulus in a direction that was tilted
relative to each of the front and back direction and the right and left direction by
approximately 45 degrees would be lower than the Young's nlodulus in each of the
front and back direction and the right and left direction. In addition, the Young's
modulus of the patch panel 12 was set so as to be symmetric to the front and back
5 direction and the right and left direction. Details are not described, but, also in the
main body 16, assuming that the rolling direction RD2 (refer to FIG. 2) was the front
and back direction, the Young's modulus was set so that the Young's modulus in a
direction that was tilted relative to each of the front and back direction and the right
and left direction by 45 degrees would be lower than the Young's modulus in each of
10 the front and back direction and the right and left direction. In addition, the
Young's modulus of the main body 16 also was set so as to be symmetric to the front
and back direction and the right and left direction. In this simulation, Young's
modulus was set with respect to each of a steel plate having a tensile strength of 450
MPa, a steel plate having a tensile strength of 455 MPa, a steel plate having a tensile
15 strength of 595 MPa, and a steel plate having a tensile strength of 789.MPa.
[0027]
As described above, in this simulation, the vibration characteristic (natural
frequency in a primary mode) of the evaluation model was evaluated so that the
displacements of the four side surfaces of the main body 16 would be zero. In this
20 case, the vibration characteristic of the evaluation model is affected by the Young's
modulus of the patch panel 12 and the main body 16 in the longitudinal direction LD.
Here, the Young's modulus of the panel member 10 in the longitudinal direction LD
is described by referring to FIGS. 2 and 5. It should be noted that the rolling
direction RD1 of the patch panel 12 is the same in both of the panel member 10
25 shown in FIG. 2 and the panel member 10 shown in FIG. 5, but the rolling direction
RD2 of the main body 16 differs between the panel menlber 10 shown in FIG. 2 and
the panel member 10 shown in FIG. 5.
[0028]
As described above, assulning that the rolling direction RD2 of the main
30 body 16 is thc front and back direction, the Young's modulus of the main body 16 is
sylnmetric to the front and back direction and the right and left direction. Therefore,
when the angle P shown in FIG. 2 is equal to the angle shown in FIG. 5, the
Young's modulus of the main body 16 shown in FIG. 2 is equal to the Young's
modulus of the main body 16 shown in FIG. 5 in the longitudinal direction LD.
Accordingly, the sum of the Young's modulus of the patch panel 12 and the main
5 body 16 in the longitudinal direction LD is the same in both of the panel member 10
shown in FIG. 2 and the panel member 10 shown in FIG. 5. That is, the angle
between the rolling directions RDl and RD2 differs between the panel member 10
shown in FIG. 2 and the panel member 10 shown in FIG. 5, but the Young's modulus
of the panel member 10 in the longitudinal direction LD is the same in both of the
10 panel member 10 shown in FIG. 2 and the panel member 10 shown in FIG. 5.
[0029]
Specifically, for example, when the angle P shown in FIG. 2 and the angle P
shown in FIG. 5 are equal to each other, the vibration characteristic when the angle a
is set at 0 degree, 12 degrees, 25 degrees, 29 degrees, 31 degrees, 38 degrees, 45
15 degrees, 57 degrees, 68 degrees, 71 degrees, or 90 degrees in the panel member 10
shown in FIG. 2 is the same as the vibration characteristic when the angle a is set at 0
degree, 12 degrees, 25 degrees, 29 degrees, 31 degrees, 38 degrees, 45 degrees, 57
degrees, 68 degrees, 71 degrees, or 90 degrees in the panel member 10 shown in FIG.
5, respectively. Thus, in the simulation, the vibration characteristic of the panel
20 member 10 depends on the angle a and the angle P and does not depend on the angle
between the rolling directions RDI and RD2. Therefore, in the results of the
simulation described below, the angle between the rolling directions RD1 and RD2 is
not considered.
[0030]
25 First, rcsults of the simulation in a case of using the steel plate with a tensile
strength of 450 MPa as the patch panel 12 are shown in the following Tables 1 to 3.
As shown in Table 1, in the evaluation models Nos. Al-1 to Al-11, the angle P
between the longitudinal direction LD of the patch panel 12 and the rolling direction
RD2 of the main body 16 was set at 0 degree. Then, by setting the angle a between
30 the longitudinal direction LD and the rolling direction RDI of the patch panel 12 at 0
degree, 12 degrees, 25 degrees, 29 degrees, 31 degrees, 38 degrees, 45 degrees, 57
degrees, 68 degrees, 71 degrees, or 90 degrees, the natural frequency in the primary
mode of each of the evaluation models was evaluated.
[003 11
Similarly, the angle P was set at 27 degrees in each of the evaluation models
5 Nos. A2-1 to A2-11 (refer to Table I), the angle P was set at 32 degrees in each of the
evaluation models Nos. A3-1 to A3-11 (refer to Table I), the angle P was set at 45
degrees in each of the evaluation models Nos. A4-1 to A4-11 (refer to Table 2), and
the angle P was set at 68 degrees in each of the evaluation models Nos. A5-1 to A5-
11 (refer to Table 2). Also, the angle P was set at 72 degrees in each of the
10 evaluation models Nos. A6-1 to A6-11 (refer to Table 3), and the angle P was set at
90 degrees in each of the evaluation models Nos. A7-1 to A7-11 (refer to Table 3).
Then, by setting the angle a at 0 degree, 12 degrees, 25 degrees, 29 degrees, 31
degrees, 38 degrees, 45 degrees, 57 degrees, 68 degrees, 71 degrees, or 90 degrees,
the natural frequency in the primary mode of each of the evaluation models was
15 evaluated. Moreover, results of the simulation in a case of using the steel plate with
a tensile strength of 595 MPa as the patch panel 12 (No. B1-1 to B7-11) are shown in
the following Tables 4 to 6, and results of the simulation in a case of using the steel
plate with a tensile strength of 789 MPa as the patch panel 12 (No. C1-1 to C7-11)
are shown in the following Tables 7 to 9. In these simulations, the angle a and the
20 angle fl of each of the evaluation models were set as in the case of the evaluation
models Nos. Al-1 to A7-11. It should be noted that each of the natural frequencies
in the primary mode shown in Tables 1 to 9 has a dimensionless value based on the
natural frequency in the primary mode of a reference model which is described below.
The reference model is a simulation model of a plate of a cold rolled steel which has
25 the same dinlensions as the evaluation model, and the reference model was formed
with respect to each of the eleven evaluation models, in which the angle P and the
tensile strength of the patch panel are the same. The angle between the longitudinal
direction and the rolling direction of the reference model is equal to the angle of
the conesponding evaluation model. For example, a reference model, in which the
30 angle between the longitudinal direction and the rolling direction is 0 degree, was
formed with respect to the evaluation models Nos. Al-l to Al-11, and a reference
model, in which the angle between the longitudinal direction and the rolling direction
is 27 degrees, was formed with respect to the evaluation models Nos. A2-1 to A2-1 I .
It should be noted that the tensile strength of the reference models was equal to the
tensile strength (455 MPa) ofthe main panel of the evaluation models.
5 [0032]
[Table 11
Table 1

Patch panel: stcel platc having a tensile strength of 450 MPa
Main panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 455 MPa
* The natural frequency in the primary mode is a dimensionless value based on the
natural frequency in the primary mode ofthe reference model (a plate of a cold rolled
5 steel which has an angle between the longitudinal direction and the rolling direction
that is the same as the angle of the corresponding evaluation model and has a
tensile strength of 455 MPa) which has the same dimension as the evaluation model
[0033]
[Table 21
10
Patch panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 450 MPa
Main panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 455 MPa
* The natural frequency in the primary mode is a dimensionless value based on the
5 natural frequency in the primary mode ofthe reference model (a plate of a cold rolled
steel which has an angle between the longitudinal direction and the rolling direction
that is the same as the angle 0 of the corresponding evaluation model and has a
tensile strength of 455 MPa) which has the same dimension as the evaluation nlodel
[0034]
[Table 31
'1Bble 3
Patch panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 450 MPa
Main panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 455 MPa
* The natural frequency in the primary mode is a dimensionless value based on the
natural frequency in the primary mode of the reference model (a plate of a cold rolled
steel which has an angle between the longitudinal direction and the rolling direction
that is the same as the angle P of the col~esponding evaluation model and has a
tensile strength of 455 MPa) which has the same dimension as the evaluation model
5 COO351
[Table 41
Table 4
Patch panel: steel plate having a tensilc strength oE595 MPa
Main panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 455 MPa
* The natural frequency in the primary mode is a dimensionless value based on the
natural frequency it1 thc primary mode of the reference model (a plate of a cold rolled
steel which has an angle between the longitudinal direction and the rolling direction
5 that is the same as the angle of the corresponding evaluation model and has a
tensile strength of 455 MPa) which has the same dimension as the evaluation model
[0036]
[Table 51
Table 5
Patch panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 595 MPa
Main panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 455 MPa
* The natural frequency in the primary mode is a dimensionless value based on the
5 natural frequency in the primary mode of the reference model (a plate of a cold rolled
steel which has an angle between the longitudinal direction and the rolling direction
that is the same as the angle P of the corresponding evaluation model and has a
tensile strength of 455 MPa) which has the same dimension as the evaluation model
[oowj
[Table 61
Table 6
Patch panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 595 MPa
Main panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 455 MPa
* The natural frequency in the primary mode is a dimensionless value based on the
natural frequency in the primary mode of the reference model (a plate of a cold rolled
steel which has an angle between the longituditlal direction and the rolling direction
that is the same as the angle P of the corresponding evaluatio~l model and has a
tensile strength of 455 MPa) which has the same dimension as the evaluation model
5 [0038]
[Table 71
Table 7

Patch panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 789 MPa
Main panel: steel plate having a tensile strcngth of 455 MPa
* The natural frequency in the primary mode is a dimensionless value based on the
natural frequency in the primary mode of the reference model (a plate of a cold rolled
5 steel which has an angle between the longitudinal direction and the rolling direction
that is the same as the angle 0 of: the corresponding evaluation model and has a
tensile strength of 455 MPa) which has the same dimension as the evaluation model
[0039]
[Table 81
10 Table 8
Patch panel: steel plate having a tensilc strength of 789 MPa
Main panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 455 MPa
* The natural frequency in the primary mode is a dimensionless value based on the
5 natural frequency in the primary mode of the reference model (a plate of a cold rolled
steel which has an angle between the longitudinal direction and the rolling direction
that is the same as the angle P of the corresponding evaluation model and has a
tensile strength of 455 MPa) which has the same dimension as the evaluation model
[0040]
[Table 91
Table 9
Patch panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 789 MPa
Main panel: steel plate having a tensile strength of 455 MPa
* The natural frequency in the primary mode is a dimensionless value based on the
natural frequency in the primary mode of the reference model (a plate of a cold rolled
steel which has an angle between the longitudinal direction and the rolling direction
that is the same as the angle P of the corresponding evaluation model and has a
tensile strength of 455 MPa) which has the same dimension as the evaluation model
5 [0041]
First, an appropriate value of the angle a which was determined according
to the results of the simulation is described. FIG. 6 is a graph which was formed
based on the data shown in Tables 1 to 3 and shows a relationship between the angle
a and the natural frequency in the primary mode (dimensionless value) in the
10 evaluation models using the steel plate with a tensile strength of 450 MPa as the
patch panel 12. FIG. 7 is a graph which was formed based on the data shown in
Tables 4 to 6 and shows a relationship between the angle a and the natural frequency
in the primary mode (dimensionless value) in the evaluation models using the steel
plate with a tensile strength of 595 MPa as the patch panel 12. FIG. 8 is a graph
16 which was formed based on the data shown in Tables 7 to 9 and shows a relationship
between the angle a and the natural frequency in the primary mode (dimensionless
value) in the evaluation models using the steel plate with a tensile strength of 789
MPa as the patch panel 12.
[0042]
20 As show11 in FIG. 6, in the evaluation models using the steel plate with a
tensile strength of 450 MPa as the patch panel 12, the natural fkequency in the
primary mode was low in the range, in which the angle a was 29 degrees or less or
71 degrees or more, regardless of the value of the angle fi. Similarly, as shown in
FIGs. 7 and 8, also in the evaluation models using the steel plate with a tensile
26 strength of 595 MPa or 789 MPa as the patch panel 12, the natural frequency in the
primary mode was low in the range, in wluch the angle a was 29 degrees or less or
71 degrees or more, regardless of the value ofthe angle P. In addition, as shown in
FIGs. 6 to 8, the natural frequency in the primary mode of each of the evaluation
models was significantly increased in the range, in which the angle a was 31 to 68
30 degrees, regardless of the value of the angle fi. According to these results, the
inventors of the present invention specified the angle a of the panel member 10
according to the present invention at 30 to 70 degrees and also specified a more
preferable range of the angle a at 31 to 68 degrees. By thus specifying the angle a,
the natural frequency in the primary mode of the panel member 10 is made high.
That is, the vibration characteristic of the panel member 10 is improved.
5 [0043]
In the above simulation, the natural frequency in the primary mode of the
evaluation models was low in the range, in which the angle a between the
longitudinal direction LD and the rolling direction RDl of the patch panel 12 was 29
degrees or less or 71 degrees or more. The reason for this can be considered as
10 follows. That is, when the angle a is 29 degrees or less or 71 degrees or more, the
difference of the Young's modulus of the patch panel 12 is great between the
longitudinal direction LD and the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction
LD (width direction WD (refer to FIG. 2)). This is clearly shown in FIG. 3. For
example, in the main body 16 that is affixed with the patch panel 12 which has
15 Young's modulus in the longitudinal direction LD that is lower than the Young's
modulus in the width direction WD, when a natural frequency in a primary mode is
generated in an area that is affixed with the patch panel 12, the amount of elastic
deformation (elongation amount) of the patch panel 12 with respect to the stress in
the longitudinal direction LD is increased. Moreover, the effect of the stress
20 (elongation) in the longitudinal direction LD of the patch panel 12 on the shrinkage
in the width direction WD is also increased, whereby the amount of shrinkage of the
patch panel 12 in the width direction WD is increased. Thus, the stress in the patch
panel 12 in the width direction WD is increased, and the difference of the stress
between the longitudinal direction LD and the width direction WD is increased.
25 Therefore, a difference is generated in the bending moment of the patch panel 12
between the longitudinal direction LD and the width direction WD, thereby
facilitating antiplane deformation of the panel member 10. As a result, the natural
frequency in the primary mode of the panel member 10 is decreased.
[0044]
30 In other words, the likelihood of the vibration of the primary mode of the
patch panel 12 depends on the Young's n~odulusin the longitudinal dircction LD and
in thc width direction WD, but when the difference of the Young's nlodulus between
the longitudinal direction LD and the width direction WD is great, the likelihood of
the vibration of the patch panel 12 differs between the longitudinal direction LD and
the width direction WD, whereby a stress component which facilitates the
5 deformation toward the outside is generated in the patch panel 12. As shown in FIG
3, the difference of the Young's modulus between the longitudinal direction LD and
the width direction WD is large in the range, in which the angle a between the
longitudinal direction LD and the rolling direction RD1 is 29 degrees or less or 71
degrees or more. Then, the natural frequency is decreased by the stress component
10 compared with the case, in which the Young's modulus is the same in both of the
longitudinal direction LD and the width direction WD.
[0045]
When the steel plate having a tensile strength of 450 MPa was used as the
patch panel 12, the minimum value of the natural frequency of the evaluation model,
15 in which the angle a was set within the range of the present invention (30 to 70
degrees), was approximately 3.8 to 6.2 % higher than the maximum value of the
natural frequency of the evaluation model, in which the angle a was set at a value
outside the range of the present invention.
[0046]
20 More specifically, as shown in Table 1, the minimum value of the natural
frequency was 1.15 of the model No. A1-9 among the models Nos. A1-5 to A1-9, in
which the angle a was within the range of the present invention. On the other hand,
the maximum value of the natural frequency was 1.10 of the model No. A1-4among
the models Nos. Al-1 to A1-4, A1-10, and Al-11, in which the angle a was outside
25 the range of the present invention. Therefore, the natural frequency of the model
No. AI-9 was approxinlately 4.5 % higher than the natural frequency of the model
No. A1-4.
[0047]
Similarly, the natural frequency (1.28) of the model No. A2-5 was
30 approxinlately 5.8 % higher than the natural frequency (1.21) of each of the models
Nos. A2-4 and A2-10, and the natural frequency (1.36) of the model No. A3-5 was
approximately 5.4 % higher than the natural frequency (1.29) of the model No. A3-
10. As shown in Table 2, the natural frequency (1.38) of the model No. A4-5 was
approximately 6.2 % higher than the natural frequency (1.30) of each of the models
Nos. A-4 and A4-10. and the natural frequency (1.35) of the model No. A5-5 was
5 approximately 3.8 % higher than the natural frequency (1.30) of the model No. A5-
10. As shown in Table 3, the natural frequency (1.28) of the model No. A6-5 was
approximately 5.8 % higher than the natural frequency (1.21) of the model No. A6-
10, and the natural frequency (1.24) of the model No. A7-5 was approximately 4.2 %
higher than the natural frequency (1.19) of the model No. A7-10.
10 [0048]
The models Nos. B1-l to B7-ll, which used the steel plate having a tensile
strength of 595 MPa as the patch panel 12, and the models Nos. C1-1 to C7-11,
which used the steel plate having a tensile strength of 789 MPa as the patch panel 12,
were respectively compared with each other in a manner similar to the emhodimnent
15 described above. As a result, when the steel plate having a tensile strength of 595
MPa was used as the patch panel 12, the minimum value of the natural frequency of
the evaluation model, in which the angle a was set within the range of the present
invention, was approximately 7.7 to 9.2 % higher than the maximum value of the
natural frequency of the evaluation model, in which the angle a was set at a value
20 outside the range of the present invention. When the steel plate having a tensile
strength of 789 MPa was used as the patch panel 12, the minimum value of the
natural frequency of the evaluation model, in which the angle a was set within the
range of the present invention, was approximately 5.8 to 9.2 % higher than the
maximum value of the natural frequency of the evaluation model, in which the angle
25 a was set at a value outside the range of the present invention.
[0049]
As described above, in this simulation, a greater effect of the present
invention was exhibited when the steel plate having a tensile strength of 595 MPa or
789 MPa was used, compared with the case of using the steel plate with a tensile
30 strength of 450 MPa as the patch panel 12. According to this rcsult, the greater
effect of the present invention is exhibited when a steel plate having a tensile
strength of 590 MPa or more class is used as the patch panel 12. In a steel plate
having a high tensile strength (for example, a steel plate having a tensile strength of
590 MPa or more), anisotropy in the Young's modulus is great due to the chemical
composition and the rolling condition of the steel plate. Therefore, in the case of
5 using a steel with a high tensile strength as the patch panel 12, the greater effect of
the present invention is exhibited as in the case described above.
[0050]
Next, a preferable value of the angle P which is determined according to the
above results of the simulation is described. FIG. 9 is a graph which was formed
10 based on the data shown in Tables 1 to 3 and shows a relationship between the angle
/3 and the natural frequency in the primary mode (dimensionless value) in the
evaluation models using the steel plate with a tensile strength of 450 MPa as the
patch panel 12. FIG. 10 is a graph which was formed based on the data shown in
Tables 4 to 6 and shows a relationship between the angle P and the natural frequency
15 in the primary mode (dimensionless value) in the evaluation models using the steel
plate with a tensile strength of 595 MPa as the patch panel 12. FIG. 11 is a graph
which was formed based on the data shown in Tables 7 to 9 and shows a relationship
between the angle and the natural frequency in the primary mode (dimensionless
value) in the evaluation models using the steel plate with a tensile strength of 789
20 MPa as the patch panel 12. It should be noted that FIGs. 9 to 11 show the data of
the evaluation models, in which the angle a was set at a value (31 degrees, 38
degrees, 45 degrees, 57 degrees, or 68 degrees) within the range of the present
invention.
[0051]
25 As shown in FIG. 9, in the evaluation models using the stcel plate with a
tensile strength of 450 MPa as the patch panel 12, the natural fiequency in the
primary mode was low in the range, in which the angle P was 27 degrees or less or
72 degrees or more, regardless of the value of the angle a. Similarly, as shown in
FIGs. 10 and 11, in the evaluation models using the steel plate with a tensile strength
30 of 595 MPa or 789 MPa as the patch panel 12, the natural frequency in the primary
mode was low in the range, in which the angle P was 27 degrees or less or 72 degrees
or more, rcgardless of the value of the angle a. Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 9 to
11, the natural fi.equcncy in the primary mode of each of the evaluation models was
significantly increased in the range, in which the angle P was 32 to 68 degrees,
regardless of the value of the angle a. According to these results, the inventors of
5 the present invention specified a preferable range of the angle p of the panel member
10 according to the present invention at 30 to 70 degrees and also specified a more
preferable range of the angle P at 32 to 68 degrees. By thus specifying the angle P,
the natural frequency in the primary mode of the panel member 10 is made further
high. That is, the vibration characteristic of the panel member 10 is further
10 improved.
[0052]
The natural frequency in the primary mode of the evaluation model was low
in the range, in which the angle between the longitudinal direction LD of the patch
panel 12 and the rolling direction RD2 of the main body 16 was 27 degrees or less or
15 72 degrees or more. The reason for this can be considered as follows. That is,
when the angle P is 27 degrees or less or 72 degrees or more, the difference of the
Young's modulus of the main body 16 is great between a direction parallel to the
longitudinal direction LD (hereinafter simply called a longitudinal direction LD) and
a direction parallel to the width direction WD (hereinafter simply called a width
20 direction WD). This is clearly shown in FIG. 3. For example, in the main body 16
which has Young's modulus in the longitudinal direction LD that is lower than the
Young's modulus in the width direction WD, when a natural frequency in a primary
mode is generated in an area that is affixed with the patch panel 12, the amount of
elastic deformation (elongation amount) of the main body 16 with respect to the
25 stress in the longitudinal direction LD is increased. Moreover, in the main body 16,
the effect of the strcss (elongation) that is generated in the longitudinal direction LD
on the shrinkage in the width direction WD is increased, whereby the amount of
shrinkage of the main body 16 in the width direction WD is increased. Thus, the
stress in the main body 16 in the width direction WD is increased, whereby the
30 difference of the stress between the longitudinal direction LD and the width direction
WD is increased. Therefore, a difference is generated in the bending molllent ofthe
main body 16 between the longitudinal direction LD and the width direction WD,
thereby facilitating antiplane deformation of the panel member 10. As a result, the
natural frequency in the primary mode of the panel member 10 is decreased.
[0053]
5 In other words, the likelihood of the vibration of the primary mode of the
main body 16 depends on the Young's modulus in the longitudinal direction LD and
in the width direction WD, but when the difference of the Young's modulus between
the longitudinal direction LD and the width direction WD is great, the likelihood of
the vibration of the main body 16 differs between the longitudinal direction LD and
10 the width direction WD, whereby a stress component which facilitates the
deformation toward the outside is generated in the main body 16. Then, the natural
fiequency is decreased by the stress component compared with the case, in which the
Young's modulus is the same in both of the longitudinal direction LD and the width
direction WD.
15 [0054]
Although the case in which the panel member 10 includes the patch panel
12 having a rectangular shape is described in the above embodiment, the shape of the
patch panel 12 is not limited to the example described above. For example, as
shown in FIG. 12A, the panel member may include a patch panel 12a which has an
20 elliptic shape. Here, in the patch panel 12a, the longitudinal axis direction (long
diameter direction) is defined as the longitudinal direction LD.
[0055]
For another cxainple, as shown in FIG. 12B, the panel meluber may include
a patch panel 12b which has a bent shape. Here, in such a patch panel 12b, for
25 example, a long side direction of a rectangle 18 which has the smallest area among
virtual rectangles that circumscribe the patch panel 12b is defined as the longitudinal
direction LD.
[0056]
Although the patch panel 12 is affixed on the main body 16 with the
30 adhesive in the above embodiment, the patch panel 12 and the main body 16 may be
further strongly bonded together by spot welding after the patch panel 12 and the
main body 16 are affixed to each other with the adhesive.
[0057]
As described above, in the embodiment, by optimizing the angle a between
the longitudinal direction LD and the rolling direction RDl of the patch panel 12, the
5 vibration characteristic of the panel member 10 is improved. Moreover, by
optimizing the angle P between the longitudinal direction LD of the patch panel 12
and the rolling direction RD2 of the main panel 16 the main body 16, the vibration
characteristic of the panel member 10 is improved. Hereinafter, variations of the
structure of the panel member 10 and the vibration attenuating function of the patch
10 member 13 are described. FIG. 13 is an external perspective view showing a
variation of the panel member 10 according to an embodiment of the present
invention, and FIG. 14 is an external perspective view showing a dash panel 20
which is produced by using the panel member 10 shown in FIG. 13.
[0058]
15 As shown in FIG. 13, the panel member 10 includes a plate-like main body
(base plate) 12 and a pair of patch members 13 which is affixed on the main body 16.
In this embodiment, in a plan view, the patch members 13 are smaller in size than the
main body 16. Each of the patch members 13 is formed of a patch panel 12 and a
vibration attenuating resin layer 14 (refer to FIG. 16) which is provided along a
20 surface of the patch panel 12, and the patch panel 12 is affixed on the main body 16
via the vibration attenuating resin layer 14. The panel member 10 has multiple
working scheduled portions 10a which extend mutually in parallel. The working
scheduled portions 10a are portions which are to be deformed when a transportation
vehicle part (in this embodiment, a dash panel 20) is produced by using the panel
25 member 10.
[0059]
In this embodiment, for example, when the dash panel 20 is produced by
using the panel member 10 in an automobile manufacturing plant, bead working
(rigidity reinforcing working) is performed on the multiple working scheduled
30 portions 10a, and multiple worked portions are formed. In this embodiment, as
shown in FIG. 14, rllultiple bead portions 22 are formed as the worked portions.
Each of the bead portions 22 is formed so as to extend in one direction. It should be
noted that thc bead working is exemplified as the rigidity reinforcing working in this
enlbodiment, but another method such as emboss working may be performed.
[0060]
5 The main body 16 and the patch panels 12 are made of metal materials (for
example, steel plates). More specifically, for example, a thin steel plate may be
used for the main body 16. The thickness of the main body 16 is, for example, 0.5
to 3.2 mm, and more preferably 0.7 to 2.3 mm. As for the patch panels 12, for
example, a steel plate (such as a soft steel) which is made of the same metal material
10 as the main body 16 may be used. Details will be described later, but since a
vibration attenuating function is performed by the vibration attenuating resin layer 14,
the patch panels 12 may be made of another metal material such as aluminum, a resin
material, or the like. In order to increase the rigidity of the panel member 10, a
metal material is suitably used for the patch panels 12. The thickness of the patch
15 panels 12 is, for example, 0.5 to 2.0 rnm, and more preferably 0.7 to 1.2 mn. The
vibration attenuating resin layer 14 that is described later is made of a viscoelastic
resin, and for example, an acrylic resin which also functions as an adhesive may be
used.
[0061]
20 As shown in FIG. 13, the patch panels 12 are spot-welded at the working
scheduled portions 10a on the main body 16. In this embodiment, multiple potions
of the patch panels 12 are bonded to the main body 16 by the spot welding. Thus,
each of the working scheduled portions 10a is formed with multiple spot-welded
portions SW. In order to spot welding the patch panels 12 to the main body 16, the
25 vibration attenuating resin layer 14 has conductivity. It should be noted that the
bonding of the main body 16 and the patch panels 12 may not necessarily he
performed by the spot welding and may be performed by laser welding, arc welding,
arc spot welding, or the like. In a case of bonding the main body 16 and the patch
panels 12 by a method other than the spot welding, the vibration attenuating resin
30 layer 14 may not necessarily have conductivity.
[0062]
As shown in FIG. 14, the dash panel 20 that is produced by using the panel
member 10 is provided with a cross member 24, for example. Specifically, the
cross member 24 is fixed on a fiont surface (surface in the front side in an
automobile longitudinal direction) of the dash panel 20. In this embodiment, the
5 pair of the patch members 13 is provided at a position opposite to the position of the
cross member 24 so as to hold the main body 16 between the patch members 13 and
the cross member 24.
LO0631
FIGs. 15A, 15B, 16A, 16B, and 16C illustrate an example of a method for
10 producing the panel member 10 and the dash panel 20. It should be noted that FIGs.
16A, 16B, and 16C are sectional views of the panel member 10 and the dash panel
20 in the vicinity of the working scheduled portion 1Oa.
LO0641
As shown in FIG. 15A, for example, first, a main body 16 and patch panels
15 12 are prepared, and patch members 13 are constructed by applying a vibration
attenuating resin layer 14 on each of the patch panels 12. Then, as shown in FIGs.
15B and 16A, the main body 16 and the vibration attenuating resin layer 14 are made
to closely contact with each other, and the patch members 13 are affixed on the main
body 16. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 15A, an acrylic resin for the vibration
20 attenuating resin layer 14 is applied on predetermined areas 17 of the main body 16,
and then, as shown in FIGs. 15B and 16A, thc patch panels 12 are affixed on the
areas 16 that are applied with the acrylic resin. Thus, a vibration attenuating resin
layer 14 is formed between the main body 16 and the patch panels 12.
[0065]
26 Then, as shown in FIG. 16B, the main body 16 and the patch panel 12 are
spot-welded at a working scheduled portion 10a. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13,
the main body 16 and the patch panel 12 are spot-welded so that multiple spotwelded
portions SW will be formed at each of the working scheduled portions 10a.
In this embodiment, the spot welding is performed at a working scheduled portion
30 10a so that multiple spot-welded portions SW are arranged in two rows. Thus, a
panel member 10 is completed.
[0066]
Next, as shown in FIG. 16C, bead working is perfoimed on the panel
member 10 by using a pair of punches 30a and 30b of a press machine. Specifically;
, the panel member 10 is held (pressed) by the pair of the punches 30a and 30b so that
5 a protrusion 26a will be formed in the patch panel 12 and so that a protrusion 26b
will be formed in the main body 16 at each of the working scheduled portions 10a.
Thus, a bead portion 22 formed of the protrusions 26a and 26b is formed.
[0067]
In this embodiment, when the bead working is performed on the panel
10 member 10, the main body 16 is cut into a predetermined shape (shape shown in FIG.
14) by the pair of the punches 30a and 30b. As a result, the dash panel 20 having
the multiple bead portions 22 is completed. Thus, by cutting the main body 16 into
the predetermined shape while the multiple bead portions 22 are formed, the dash
panel 20 is produced in a short time.
15 [0068]
Here, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 16C, each of the bead portions
22 is formed so that the patch panel 12 side will protrude. More specifically, the
bead portion 22 has an approximately trapezoidal shape, in which the patch panel 12
side is the top in a sectional view. By thus forming each of the bead portions 22, in
20 the dash panel 20, a pair of bent portions 28a is formed on the top side of each of the
bead portions 22, and a pair of bent poi-tions 28b is formed at a base of each of the
bead portions 22. In this embodiment, the above described spot welding is
performed on the panel member 10 beforehand so that the multiple spot-welded
portions SW are positioned at each of the bent portions 28a. It should be noted that
25 some or all of the multiple bead portions may be formed so as to protrude in a
direction opposite to the protruding direction in the examples shown in FIGs. 14 and
16C (that is, the main body 16 side).
[0069]
As shown in FIGs. 16B and 16C, in the present invention, the bead portion
30 22 is a bent portion which has a height "h" that is 2 to 10 times greater than the plate
thickness "t" of the panel member 10 and which has a width " W that is 5 to 30
times greater than the plate thickness "t", for example. The width " W may be
measured by using each position which stands from a flat portion of the dash panel
20 by a predetermined height (for example, a position at the height of 3 % of the
hcight "h"), as each side of the bead portion.
5 [0070]
In a case of making the main body 10 and the patch panels 12 of a soft steel,
press working can be performed by a hot stamping method or the like as shown in
FIG. 16C, in a condition in which the main body 10 and the patch panels 12 are spotwelded.
On the other hand, in a case of making the main b,ody 10 and the patch
10 panels 12 of a relatively hard material which has a tensile strength of 590 Mpa or
more (such as high tensile steel), as shown in FIG. 17, it is preferable that the main
body 10 and the patch panels 12 are bonded together with the vibration attenuating
resin layer 14 and are spot-welded after the main body 10 and the patch panels 12 are
respectively pressed.
15 [0071]
Since the patch members 13 that are respectively constructed of the
vibration attenuating resin layer 14 and the patch panel 12 are affixed on the main
body 16, the panel member 10 in this embodiment exhibits a vibration attennating
function by "shear deformation" of the vibration attenuating resin layer 14 which
20 occurs by bending vibration .
[0072]
FIG. 18 is a schematic sectional view for explaining the vibration
attenuating function that is performed by the vibration attenuating resin layer 14.
As shown in FIG. 18, the panel member 10 can be deformed (curved) by bending
25 vibration. At this time, in accordance with the bending vibration, the vibration
attenuating resin layer 14 is stretched in the plane direction by a bonding interface
between the patch panel 12 and the main body 16, whereby deformation called shear
deformation occurs in the vibration attenuating resin layer 14. Then, the vibration
energy is converted into thermal energy by the shear deformation of the vibration
30 attenuating resin layer 14, whereby a vibration attenuating effect is obtained.
[0073]
In the panel ineinber 10 relating to the present invention, as described above,
the main body 16 and the patch panels 12 are spot-welded beforehand at the working
scheduled poi-tions 10a. Therefore, the rigidity of the bead portions 22 is
sufficiently improved in the dash panel 20 that is produced by using the panel
5 member 10, without increasing the thickness of the patch panels 12. Accordingly,
the vibration characteristic of the dash panel 20 is improved without increasing the
thickness ofthe panel member 10.
[0074]
In this embodiment, after the patch panels 12 are affixed on the main body
10 16, the bead portions 22 are formed. In this case, the vibration attenuating resin
layer 14 that has a uniform thickness is formed at the entire area of the bead portions
22 between the main body 16 and each of the patch panels 12, and therefore, the
vibration characteristic of the dash panel 20 is reliably improved.
[0075]
15 Moreover, in this embodiment, when the main body 16 is cut into a
predetermined shape, the bead portions 22 are formed. That is, the cutting of the
main body 16 and the forming of the bead portions 22 are performed in a single step.
Therefore, the working steps are not greatly increased, and the working cost is
reduced.
20 [0076]
The patch panel 12 may have any thickness as long as the patch panel 12
withstands the force of the vibration attenuating resin layer 14 in the plane direction
when the "shear deforination" occurs in the vibration attenuating resin layer 14,
which is described with reference to FIG. 18. In view of this, the patch panel 12
25 preferably has a plate thickness of 0.3 mm or more and not greater than the plate
thickness of the main body 16.
[0077]
The thickness of the vibration attenuating resin layer 14 is preferably 10 wm
or more to 1000 pm or less, and more preferably 30 pm or more to 100 pm or less.
30 Thus, the vibration of the panel member 10 is effectively attenuated.
[0078]
In this embodiment, the pair of the patch members 14 is provided at a
position that faces the cross member 24. The inventors of the present invention
examined details of a transmission route of noise and vibration from the driving
source of an automobile into the automobile (cabin). As a result, it was found that a
5 primary transmission route of noise and vibration fiom the driving source into the
automobile includes the bonded portion of the main body 16 and the cross member
24. In view of this, in this embodiment, the patch members 14 are provided at the
positions that face the cross member 24. Thus, the transmission of noise and
vibration into the automobile is more reliably suppressed.
10 [OO79]
In the embodiment described above, the case of bonding the main body 16
and the patch panels 12 at the bent portions 28a by the spot-welded portions SW is
described. By thus providing the spot-welded portions SW at the bent portions 28a,
even when the panel 10 is deformed and a force is applied in a direction for peeling
15 off the patch panel 12 from the main body 16, since the main body 16 and the patch
panel 12 are bonded together by the spot-welded portions SW, the patch panel 12 is
not peeled off from the main body 16, and the defo~mation is reliably suppressed.
Moreover, since the patch panel 12 is not peeled off from the main body 16, the
vibration attenuating function is reliably performed bJ; the vibration attenuating resin
20 layer 14.
[OOSO]
In another case, the main body 16 and the patch panel 12 may be spotwelded
at portions other than the bent portions 28a. For example, as shown in the
sectional view in FIG. 19, the bead portion 22 may be provided at a portion which is
25 not spot-welded. Also, in this case, the vibration attenuating function of the
vibration attenuating resin layer 14 is obtained, and the effect of providing the bead
portion 22 for improving the rigidity is obtained. For another example, the main
body 16 and the patch panel 12 may be spot-welded at a portion (flat portion)
between the pair of the bent portions 28a of the bead portion 22.
30 [OOSl]
Although the panel member 10 that has the pair of the patch members 13 is
described in the above embodiment, the number of the patch members 13 is not
limited to the above example. For example, the panel membcr 10 may have one
patch member 13 or may have three or more patch members 13. That is, by
affixing the patch member on any portion, of which vibration characteristic needs to
5 be improved, in the panel member 10 relating to the present invention, the vibration
characteristic of the transportation vehicle part is efficiently improved.
[0082]
The vibration attcnuating resin layer 14 may be made of different kinds of
multiple resins. In this case, the vibration attenuating resin layer 14 is made of
10 multiple resins which have different temperature characteristics with each other.
FIG. 20 is a characteristic diagram showing multiple resins which have different
temperature characteristics from each other. In FIG. 8, a loss coefficient on the
vertical axis is a parameter which indicates a vibration attenuating characteristic, and
the vibration attenuating characteristic is higher when the value of the loss
15 coefficient is greater. FIGS. 21 and 22 are sectional views showing examples of
making a vibration attenuating resin layer 14 of multiple resin layers 18a and 18b.
Here, the resin layer 18a exhibits a vibration attenuating function at high
temperatures (corresponds to a material for high temperatures shown in FIG. 20), and
the resin layer 18b exhibits a vibration attenuating function at ordinary temperatures
20 (corresponds to a mate~ial for ordinary temperatures shown in FIG. 20). FIG. 21
shows an example of laminating the resin layer 18b immediately on the resin layer
18a, and FIG. 22 shows an example of inserting a panel 19 between the resin layer
18a and the resin layer 18b. Thus, in the panel member 10, the vibration
attenuating function is performed in multiple conditions of different temperatures.
25 [0083]
FIG. 23 is a sectional view showing an example of performing a fine uneven
surface processing (such as satin finish processing) on a surface of the main body 16
or a surface of the patch panel 12, which contact the vibration attenuating resin layer
14. The surface processing is performed by a method such as sand blast, etching,
30 etc. Thus, an anchoring effect is obtained by the surface processing, and the
adhesion of the main body 16 or the patch pancl 12 with respect to the vibration
attenuating resin layer 14 is increased, whereby the vibration attenuating function is
reliably performed by the "shear deformation" described above.
[0084]
Although the case of arranging the multiple working scheduled portions 10a
5 so as to extend mutually in parallel is described in the above embodiment, the
arrangement of the working scheduled portions is not limited to the example descried
above. For exanlple, as in the panel member 40 shown in FIG. 24, a pair of working
scheduled portions 40a may be arranged so as to cross each other in each of the patch
members 13. In this case, spot-welded portions SW are formed along each of the
10 working scheduled portions 40a.
[0085]
Although the dash panel 20 is described as an example of the transportation
vehicle part in the above embodiment, the panel member of the present invention can
be formed into another transportation vehicle part.
15 100861
For example, as shown in FIG. 25, a shock absorber tower 42 may be
produced by using the panel member relating to the present invention. The shock
absorber tower 42 includes a main body 44, which contains a shock absorber that is
not shown in the figure, and a hollow disk-shaped patch panel 46, which is affixed on
20 the main body 44 via the vibration attenuating resin layer 14 that is not shown in the
figure. Here, a patch member 45 is constructed of the patch panel 46 and the
vibration attenuating resin layer 14. The patch member 45 is affixed on a top
portion 44a (portion that supports a shock absorber that is not shown in the figure) of
the main body 44. The main body 44 and the patcl~p anel 46 are respectively made
25 of materials similar to the main body 16 and the patch panel 12 described above. In
the shock absorber tower 42, the top portion 44a and the patch member 45 are
formed with multiple bead portions 42a which extend radially. The bead portions
42a have the structure similar to the bead portion 22. Specifically, the bead portions
42a are formed by performing the bead working on the top portion 44a and the patch
30 member 45 as in the case of the bead portion 22 described above. The main body
44 (top portion 44a) and the patch panel 46 are bonded together by inultiple spotwelded
portions SW which are formed at the bead portions 42a. The multiple spotwelded
portions SW are formed before the panel member is formed into the shock
absorber tower 42, that is, formed in the panel member beforehand.
[0087]
5 Here, the inventors of the present invention examined details of a
transmission route of noise and vibration from the driving source of an automobile
into the automobile. As a result, a primary transmission route of noise and
vibration from the driving source into the automobile includes a shock absorber
tower. Moreover, according to the result of the examination that was conducted by
10 the inventors of the present invention, vibration is greater at the top portion of the
shock absorber tower. Therefore, the inventors of the present invention arranged
the patch member 45 on the top portion 44a of the shock absorber tower 42. Thus,
the rigidity of the top portion 44a is improved, whereby noise and vibration are
efficiently suppressed in the shock absorber tower 42.
15 [0088]
For another example, as shown in FIGs. 26A and 26B, a trunk floor panel 48
may be produced by using the panel member relating to the present invention. FIG.
26A is a sectional view of the trunk floor panel 48 that is viewed from a side, and
FIG. 26B is a plan view of a patch member 52. In the example shown in FIGs. 26A
20 and 26B, the patch member 52 is constructed of a patch panel and a vibration
atienuating resin layer, and the patch panel is affixed on a main body 50 via the
vibration attenuating resin layer, as in the case of the above embodiment. As shown
in FIG. 26A, the trunk floor panel 48 includes the main body 50, which constitutes a
floor portion of a trunk, and the patch member 52, which is affixed on the main body
25 50 via an adhesive layer that is not shown in the figures. The main body 50 has a
storage portion 50a for storing a spare tire 54. The patch member 52 is affixed on a
bottom 50b of the storage portion 50a.
[0089]
As shown in FIG. 26B, the patch member 52 has a disk shape. In the trunk
30 floor panel 48, the bottom 50b and the patch member 52 are formed with a bead
portion 48a. The bead portion 48a is formed so as to radially extend from the center
of the bottom 50b and the patch ineinber 52 in three directions. The bead portion
48a has the structure similar to the bead portion 22 described above. Specifically,
the bead portion 48a is formed by performing the bead working on the bottom 50b
and the patch member 52 as in the case of the bead portion 22 described above.
5 The main body 50 (bottom 50b) and the patch member 52 are bonded together by
multiple spot-welded portions SW which are formed in the bead portion 48a, as in
the case of the main body 16 and the patch member 14 described above. The
multiple spot-welded portions SW are formed before the panel member is formed
into the trunk floor panel 48, that is, folmed in the panel member beforehand. The
10 bead portion is preferably formed so as to radially extend from the center of the
bottom 50b and the patch member 52 in directions of three or more in odd numbers.
For example, as shown in FIG. 27, the bead portion 48b may be formed so as to
radially extend from the center of the main body 50 (refer to FIG. 26A) and the patch
member 52 in five directions.
15 [0090]
By providing the patch member 52 as described above, the rigidity of the
bottom 50b of the storage portion 50a is improved. Thus, even when the spare tire
54 shakes within the storage portion 50a while the automobile travels, the vibration
of the storage portion 50a is suppressed. As a result, transmission of noise and
20 vibration from the trunk floor panel 48 into the automobile is suppressed.
[009l]
Moreover, by forming the bead portion so as to radially extend from the
center of the bottom 50b and the patch member 52 in the directions of three or more
in odd numbers, vibration having the lowest frequency, that is, vibration of a primary
25 mode which resonates first after the vibration starts, is sufficiently suppressed at the
center of the bottom 50b. Thus, the transinission of noise and vibration from the
trunk floor panel 48 into the automobile is reliably suppressed.
[0092]
Although the case of producing the transpoifation vehicle part by
30 performing the bead working on the panel member relating to the present invention is
described in the above embodiment, the transportation vehicle part inay be produced
by performing another working on the panel member.
[0093]
For example, as shown in FIG. 28, a floor tunnel part 56 (member for
constructing a floor of an automobile) may be produced by bending the panel
5 member relating to the present invention by a press machine or the like. The floor
tunnel part 56 includes a main body 58 and a patch member 60. Here, the patch
member 60 is constructed of a patch panel and a vibration attenuating resin layer that
is not shown in the figure, and the patch panel is affixed on the main body 60 via the
vibration attenuating resin layer, as in the case of the above embodiment. The patch
10 member 60 is affixed so as to cover at least a part of the main body 58 from above.
The main body 58 and the patch panel of the patch member 60 are respectively made
of materials similar to the main body 16 and the patch panel 12 described above.
100941
The main body 58 and the patch member 60 are respectively formed so as to
15 protrude upwardly. Thus, a pair of bent portions 56a is formed at a top side of the
floor tunnel part 56, and a pair of bent portions 56b is formed at a base of the floor
tunnel part 56. The main body 58 and the patch member 60 are bonded together at
each of the bent portions 56a by multiple spot-welded portions SW. The multiple
spot-welded portions SW are formed before the panel member is formed into the
20 floor tunnel part 56, that is, formed in the panel member beforehand. More
specifically, in the panel member, portions which become a pair of the bent poi-tions
56a are spot-welded beforehand.
[0095]
By providing the patch member 60 as described above, the rigidity of the
25 floor tunnel pat 56 is improved, whereby the vibration characteristic of the floor
tunnel part 56 is improved. Thus, transmission of vibration and noise, which are
generated from the driving source, via the floor tunnel part 56 into the automobile is
suppressed.
[0096]
30 Although details are not described by referring to figures, othcr automobile
parts (transportation vehicle parts) such as a floor panel, wheel house inner, and the
like, may be produced by using the panel member relating to the present invcntion.
[0097]
The effects of the present invention will be described by using cxamples
hereinafter, but the present invention is not limited to the following examples.
5
[Examples]
[0098]
FIGs. 29 to 34 are characteristic diagrams for explaining the vibration
attenuating effect of the vibration attenuating resin layer 14. FIG. 29 is a
10 characteristic diagram showing a transfer function of the main body 16 which was
affixed with the patch member 13 and a transfer function of the main body 16 which
was not affixed with the patch member 13. Here, the transfer function was
measured by using a testing machine shown in FIG. 35. As shown in FIG. 35, the
panel member 10, in which ihe batch member 15 was affixed on the main body 16,
15 was held by springs 110 and was vibrated by an excitation machine 100. FIG. 36 is
a plan view showing a condition which is viewed from the direction of an arrow "A"
in FIG. 35. As shown in FIGs. 35 and 36, the main body 16 and the patch panel 12
were bonded together via the vibration attenuating resin layer 14, and an acceleration
was measured by an accelerometer when the panel member 10 was vibrated by the
20 excitation machine 100.
[0099]
FIGs. 29 to 34 show transfer functions that were obtained from the
measured accelerations. Here, the lower value of the transfer function indicates that
the vibration is more effectively suppressed. As shown in FIG. 29, the value of the
25 transfcr function was greatly decreased in the characteristic (solid line) which was
obtained in the case of affixing the patch member 13 on the main body 16 when
compared with the characteristic (broken line) which was obtained in the case of not
affixing the patch member 13 on the main body 16. Accordingly, vibration was
effectively suppressed by affixing the patch member 13.
30 [0100]
In general, noise due to vibration is generated at frequencies of 1 kI-Iz or less.
Therefore, according to the result shown in FIG. 29, vibration is effectively
attcnuated at frequencies of 1 kHz or less, and generation of noise is suppressed.
[OlOl]
FIG. 30 is a characteristic diagram showing a transfer function of the main
5 body 16 which was affixed with the patch member 13 and a transfer function of the
main body 16 which was not affixed with the patch member 13, and FIG. 30 shows a
case in which the total plate thickness of the main body 16 that was affixed with the
patch member 13 was made the same as the plate thickness of the main body 16 that
was not affixed with the patch member 13. Here, in the case of affixing the patch
10 member 13 on the main body 16, a steel plate having a thickness of 0.6 mm, a length
of 500 mm, and a width of 600 mm was used as the main body 16, and a steel plate
having a thickness of 0.4 mm, a length of 400 mm, and a width of 500 mni was used
as the patch panel 12. In the case of not affixing the patch member 13 on the main
body 16, a steel plate having a thickness of 1.0 nim, a length of 500 mm, and a width
15 of 600 mm was used as the main body 16. As shown in FIG. 30, the value of the
transfer function was greatly decreased in the characteristic (solid line) which was
obtained in the case of affixing the patch member 13 on the main body 16 when
compared with the characteristic (broken line) which was obtained in the case of not
affixing the patch member 13 on the main body 16. Since the total plate thickness
20 of the main body 16 that was &xed with the patch member 13 was made the same
as the plate thickness of the main body 16 that was not affixed with the patch
inember 13, it was found that the decrease in the value of the transfer function is
greatly affected by the vibration attenuating effcct that is obtained by the shear
defor~nationo f the vibration attenuating resin layer 14.
25 [0102]
Similarly, FIG. 31 is a characteristic diagram showing a transfer function of
the main body 16 which was aflixed with the patch member 13 and a transfer
function of the main body 16 which was not affixed with the patch member 13, and
FIG. 3 1 shows a case in which the total plate thickness of the main body 16 that was
30 affixed with the patch member 13 was made the same as the plate thickness of the
main body 16 that was not affixed with the patch member 13. Here, in the case of
affixing the patch member 13 on thc main body 16, a stccl plate having a thickness of
0.6 mm, a length of 500 mm, and a width of 600 mm was used as the main body 16,
and a steel plate having a thickness of 0.6, a length of 400 mm, and a width of 500
mm was used as the patch panel 12. In the case of not affixing the patch member
5 13 on the main body 16, a steel plate having a thickness of 1.2 mm, a length of 500
mm, and a width of 600 mm was used as the main body 16. As shown in FIG. 31,
the value of the transfer function was greatly decreased in the characteristic (solid
line) which was obtained in the case of affixing the patch member 13 on the main
body 16 when compared with the characteristic (broken line) which was obtained in
10 the case of not affixing the patch member 13 on the main body 16. Since the total
plate thickness of the main body 16 that was affixed with the patch member 13 was
made the same as the plate thickness of the main body 16 that was not affixed with
the patch member 13, it was found that the decrease in the value of the transfer
function is greatly affected by the vibration attenuating effect that is obtained by the
15 shear deformation of the vibration attenuating resin layer 14.
[0103]
FIG. 32 is a characteristic diagram showing a transfer function of each of
main bodies 16 which had the same shape and which were respectively affixed with
panel members 15 that included patch panels 12 having different thicknesses from
20 each other. Here, a steel plate having a thickness of 0.8 mm, a length of 500 mm,
and a width of 500 mm was used as the main body 16, and a steel plate having a
thickness of 0.4 mm, a length of 250 mm, and a width of 250 mm, a steel plate
having a thickness of 0.6 mm, a length of 250 mm, and a width of250 mm, or a steel
plate having a thickness of 0.8 mm, a length of 250 mm, and a width of 250 mm was
25 used as the patch panel 12. As shown in FIG. 32, the value of the transfer function
did not greatly vary even when the thickness of the patch panel 12 was changed.
Accordingly, in the case of affixing the panel member 15 on the main body 16, the
decrease in the value of the transfer function was greatly affected by the vibration
attenuating effect that was obtained by the shear deformation of the vibration
30 attenuating resin layer 14.
[0 1041
FIG. 33 is a characteristic diagram showing a case of respectively affixing
patch members, wliich had different dimensions from each other, on the main bodies
16. I-Iere, a steel plate having a thickness of 1.0 nun, a length of 500 nun, and a
width of 600 mm was used as the main body 16, and a steel plate having a thickness
5 of 0.5 mm was used as the patch panel 12. As the patch panel 12, a steel plate
having a length of 250 mm and a width of 250 mm, a steel plate having a length of
100 mm and a width of 100 mm, or a steel plate having a length of 400 mm and a
width of 500 mm was used. As shown in FIG. 33, when the area of the patch panel
12 was greater, the vibration attenuating effect was greater.
10 [0105]
FIG. 34 is a characteristic diagram showing a case of affixing the patch
member 13 according to an embodiment on the main body 16 in comparison with a
case of affixing each of vibration attenuating sheets (asphalt sheets; thickness of 3
mm, 4.5 mm, and 6 mm). Here, in the case of affixing the patch member 13 on the
15 main body 16, a steel plate having a thickness of 0.6 mm, a length of 500 mm, and a
width of 600 mm was used as the main body 16, and a steel plate having a thickness
of 0.4 mm, a length of 400 mm, and a width of 500 mm was used as the patch panel
12. In the case of affixing the vibration attenuating sheet (thickness of 3 mm, 4.5
mm, or 6 mm) on the main body 16, a steel plate having a thickness of 1.0 mm, a
20 length of 500 mm, and a width of 600 mm was used as the main body 16, and a
vibration attenuating sheet (thickness of 3 mm, 4.5 mm, or 6 mm) having a length of
320 mm and a width of 510 mm was used. As shown in FIG. 34, when the
characteristic (solid line) which was obtained in the case of affixing the patch
member 13 on the main body 16 is compared with the case of affixing the vibration
25 attenuating sheet having the thickness of 3 mm, 4.5 mm, or 6 mm on the main body
16, a vibration attenuating characteristic which is equivalent to the vibration
attenuating characteristic of the vibration attenuating sheet having the thickness of
4.5 mm was obtained by affixing the patch member 13. However, the weight was
2.06 kg when the patch member 13 was affixed on the main body 16, whereas the
30 weight was 2.84 kg when the vibration attenuating sheet having the thickness of 4.5
lnrn was affixed on the main body 16. Therefore, according to this embodiment, the
weight is reduced compared with the case of affixing the vibration attenuating sheet.
Moreover, the total thickness of the main body 16 and the patch member 13 was 1
mm in this embodiment and was smaller than the thickness of the main body 16 that
was affixed with the vibration attenuating sheet with the thickness of 4.5 mm, and
5 therefore, a space is easily secured when the main body 16 affixed with the patch
member 13 is used in a vehicle.
[0106]
In order to examine the effects of the present invention, the inventors of the
present invention prepared panel members as an example and comparative examples
10 1 and 2. As shown in Table 1 described below, in the example and the comparative
examples 1 and 2, a steel plate of 590 MPa class having a plate thickness of 0.5 mm,
a length of 200 mm, and a width of 200 mm was used as the main body. As the
patch member, a steel plate of 590 MPa class having a plate thickness of 0.5 mm, a
lenglh of 100 mm, and a width of 100 mm was used. The patch member was
15 affixed at a center portion of the main body by using an acrylic resin. A linear bead
portion having a height of 5 mm, a width of 20 mm, and a length of 100 mm was
formed at a center portion of the panel member of each of the example and the
comparative example 1. Moreover, the panel member of the example was spotwelded
at a working scheduled portion (portion to be formed with the bead portion).
20 More specifically, the spot welding was performed at portions which became a pair
of bent portions (corresponding to the pair of the bent portions 28a in FIG. 16C) in
the bead portion. The spot welding was performed so that five spot-welded
portions would be positioned at equal intervals of 25 mm at each of the bent portions.
Thus, the main body and the patch member were bonded together before the bead
25 working.
[0 1071
[Table 101
Table 1
Main body (steel plate of I Patch member (steel plate I Adhesive
layer
Bead
590 MPa class)
Welding
Plate
thickness
of 590 MPa class)
Plate
thickness
Length
(mm)
Width
(mm)
Length
(mm)
Width
(mm)
[0 1081
A frequency of a primary mode of a panel member of each of the example
and the comparative examples 1 and 2 having the above structures was measured by
5 experiment. The measurement results are shown in the following Table 2. It
Example
Comparative
examplc I
Comparative
.e xample 2
should be noted that the frequency of each of the example and the comparative
examples 1 and 2 is shown by a dimensionless value based on the frequency of the
panel member of the comparative example 2 in Table 2. . [0109]
10 [Table 111
Table 2
0.5
[OllO]
When the experiment result of the panel member of the comparative
15 example 1 having the bead portion is compared with the experiment result of the
comparative example 2 without the bead portion, the frequency of the primary mode
of the panel member of the comparative example 1 was approximately 2.5 times
greater than the frequency of the primary mode of the panel member of the
comparative example 2. According to this result, by forming the bead portion, the
20 frequency of the primary mode of the panel member is increased, whereby the
vibration characteristic of the panel member in a low frequency region is improved.
When the experiment result of the panel member of the example is compared with
the experiment result of the panel member of the comparative example 1, the
frequency of the primary mode of the panel member of the example was even greater
25 than the frequency of the panel member of the comparative example 1 by
approximately 18 %. According to this result, by performing the spot \?pelding on
200
Frequency
200
Example
2.94
0.5
Comparative
example 1
2.49
Comparative
example 2
1 .O
100 100
Acrylic
resin
Formed
Formed
Not
formed
Performed
Not
performed
Not
performed
the worhng scheduled portion beforehaud, the vibration characteristic of the panel
member in the low frequency region is further improved. That is, the superior
effects of the present invention were recognized.
[Olll]
5 As described above, according to the embodiment, by optimizing the angle
a between the longitudinal direction LD and the rolling direction RD1 of the patch
panel 12, the vibration characteristic of the panel member 10 is improved.
Moreover, by optimizing the angle between the longitudinal direction LD of the
patch panel 12 and the rolling direction RD2 of the main panel 16 the main body 16,
10 the vibration characteristic of the panel member 10 is improved.
[0112]
As described above, according to the embodiment, since the panel member
10 is constructed by affixing the patch member 13, which is formed of the patch
panel 12 and the vibration attenuating resin layer 14, on the main body 16, the
15 vibration attenuating function is performed by the "shear deformation" of the
vibration attenuating resin layer 14, whereby generation of vibration and noise due to
the vibration are suppressed to a minimum. Moreover, by using the patch member
13, the plate thickness is decreased compared with a case of using a conventional
vibration attenuating sheet, whereby a space within a vehicle is greatly enlarged.
20 Furthermore, by using the patch member, the weight is further reduced compared
with a case of using a conventional vibration attenuating sheet.
[0113]
I-Ieretofore, preferred embodiments of the present inventio~lh ave been
described in detail with reference to the appended drawings, but the present invention
25 is not limited thereto. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various
changes and alterations may be made without departing from the spirit aud scope of
the appended claims.
Industrial Applicability
30 [0114]
According to the present invention, the vibration characteristic of the panel
member is improved. Accordingly, the present invc~~tiocnan be suitably used as a
panel member for various kinds of transportation vehicles.
Reference Signs List
5 [0115]
10 panel member
12, 12a, 12b patch panel
13 patch member
14 vibration attenuating resin layer
10 16 main panel
LD longitudinal direction of patch panel
RDI rolling direction of patch panel
RD2 rolling direction of main panel

CLAIMS
Claim 1
A transportation vehicle part comprising:
a patch member constructed of
a plate-like metal patch panel, and
a vibration attenuating resin layer provided along a surface of the
patch panel; and
a metal base plate closely adhered with the vibration attenuating resin layer
of the patch member and affixed with the patch member,
10 wherein the patch panel is produced via a rolling step, and
wherein an acute angle between a longitudinal direction and a rolling
direction of the patch panel is 30 to 70 degrees.
Claim 2
15 The transportation vehicle part according to claim 1,
wherein the base plate is produced via a rolling step, and
wherein an acute angle between the longitudinal direction of the patch panel
and a rolling direction of the base plate is 30 to 70 degrees.
20 Claim 3
The transportation vehicle part according to claim 1 or 2,
wherein the patch panel is a steel sheet which has a tensile strength of 590
MPa or more.
25 Claim 4
The transportation vehicle part according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
wherein the patch pailel and the base plate are welded together at at least
one part of the patch panel and the base plate.
30 Claim 5
The transportation vehicle part according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
wherein the transportation vehicle part includes a ridged portion, and the
patch panel and the base plate are welded together at at least one part of the ridged
portion.
5 Claim 6
The transportation vehicle part according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
wherein the transportation vehicle part is provided with a rigidity reinforced
portion which has a recessed and projected shape.
10 Claim 7
The transportation vehicle part according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
wherein the vibration attenuating resin layer has conductivity.
Claim 8
15 The transportation vehicle part according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
wherein the patch panel has a thickness of 0.3 mm or more and not greater
than a thickness of the base plate.
Claim 9
20 The transportation vchicle part according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
wherein the vibration attenuating resin layer has a thickness of 10 pm or
more to 1000 pm or less.
Claim 10
25 The transportation vehicle part according to ally one of claims 1 to 9,
wherein the vibration attenuating resin layer is constructed of multiple
layers which have different temperature characteristics with each other.
Claim 11
30 The transportation vehicle part according to claim 10,
wherein a panel is inserted between the multiple layers.
Claim 12
The transportation vehicle part according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
wherein an uneven surface processing is performed on a surface of the patch
5 panel or a surface of the base plate, which contacts the vibration attenuating resin
layer.
Claim 13
Apanel member comprising:
10 a patch member constructed of
a plate-like metal patch panel, and
a vibration attenuating resin layer provided along a surface of the
patch panel; and
a metal base plate closely adhered with the vibration attenuating resin layer
15 of the patch member and affixed with the patch member,
wherein the patch panel is produced via a rolling step, and
wherein an acute angle between a longitudinal direction and a rolling
direction of the patch panel is 30 to 70 degrees.