Provided is a vehicle structure including: a pipe member forming a part of a frame of a vehicle; and a wire-shaped body having flexibility, in which the pipe member includes a pipe portion forming a pipe shape and a flange portion formed to protrude from the pipe portion, and is formed of one member in which the pipe portion and the flange portion are continuous with each other, and the wire-shaped body is disposed in at least one of a first state where the wire-shaped body is disposed along the flange portion and a second state where the wire-shaped body strides over the flange portion.

A forming assembly for forming a wick is disclosed. The forming assembly includes a tube inflatable to an inflated configuration. A wick mesh is configured to be wrapped about the tube. The forming assembly further includes a sheath positionable about the tube and the wick mesh. The tube and the sheath are configured to compress the wick mesh and form the wick based on the tube inflating towards the inflated configuration.

A forming assembly for forming a wick is disclosed. The forming assembly includes a tube inflatable to an inflated configuration. A wick mesh is configured to be wrapped about the tube. The forming assembly further includes a sheath positionable about the tube and the wick mesh. The tube and the sheath are configured to compress the wick mesh and form the wick based on the tube inflating towards the inflated configuration.

Exemplary vehicle structures include a frame component that provides greater strength and/or other desired properties to a vehicle structure. The frame component includes a first wall (6) and a second wall (7). The first and second walls each comprise at least one metal sheet. The first and second walls bound a sealed interior gap (28). Pressurized fluid is introduced into the sealed interior gap through at least one of the walls via a fluid connector (8). In some arrangements the gap includes a hermetically sealed pocket (110) that is bounded by a pocket wall (36). The pressurized fluid is delivered into the pocket interior area that is bounded by the pocket wall. The fluid delivered to the sealed interior gap and/or the pocket interior area may be operative to cause controlled permanent deformation thereof to produce desired wall configurations which have increased strength. The fluid housed within the sealed interior gap may provide increased strength or other desired properties. Vehicle structures such as vehicle side frames, vehicle floor members and vehicle frame longitudinal members may each include one or more of the frame components integrated in the vehicle structure.

Exemplary vehicle structures include a frame component that provides greater strength and/or other desired properties to a vehicle structure. The frame component includes a first wall (6) and a second wall (7). The first and second walls each comprise at least one metal sheet. The first and second walls bound a sealed interior gap (28). Pressurized fluid is introduced into the sealed interior gap through at least one of the walls via a fluid connector (8). In some arrangements the gap includes a hermetically sealed pocket (110) that is bounded by a pocket wall (36). The pressurized fluid is delivered into the pocket interior area that is bounded by the pocket wall. The fluid delivered to the sealed interior gap and/or the pocket interior area may be operative to cause controlled permanent deformation thereof to produce desired wall configurations which have increased strength. The fluid housed within the sealed interior gap may provide increased strength or other desired properties. Vehicle structures such as vehicle side frames, vehicle floor members and vehicle frame longitudinal members may each include one or more of the frame components integrated in the vehicle structure.

A manufacturing a container makes it possible to easily manufacture a container including a body portion with a shape that expands outward toward an upper face side. A method for manufacturing a container according to the disclosure is a method for manufacturing a container made of metal, including a bottom portion and a body portion, open on the upper face side, and having a shape in which the body portion expands outward toward the upper face side. The method includes a bottom drawing step of reducing a diameter of a cup body made of metal and having a bottomed cylindrical shape by operating a diameter reducing die having a hole portion with a smaller diameter than an outer diameter of the cup body along a cylindrical axis direction from a bottom side, in which the bottom drawing step is repeated a plurality of times.

A forming system includes: a forming apparatus which supplies gas into a cylindrical metal pipe material having a welded portion to expand the metal pipe material; a supply device for supplying the metal pipe material to the forming apparatus; and a control device for controlling an operation of the supply device, in which in a case where a position where a distance from a center of the metal pipe material is the longest, on a surface of the die, when viewed from an extension direction of the metal pipe material in a state where the metal pipe material is disposed between the dies, is a longest position, the control device includes a control unit which controls supply of the metal pipe material to the forming apparatus such that the welded portion is not located on a straight line connecting the longest position and the center of the metal pipe material.

A forming system includes: a forming apparatus which supplies gas into a cylindrical metal pipe material having a welded portion to expand the metal pipe material; a supply device for supplying the metal pipe material to the forming apparatus; and a control device for controlling an operation of the supply device, in which in a case where a position where a distance from a center of the metal pipe material is the longest, on a surface of the die, when viewed from an extension direction of the metal pipe material in a state where the metal pipe material is disposed between the dies, is a longest position, the control device includes a control unit which controls supply of the metal pipe material to the forming apparatus such that the welded portion is not located on a straight line connecting the longest position and the center of the metal pipe material.

Provided is a forming device that forms a heated metal material, the forming device including: a die that performs quench forming by coming into contact with the metal material; a cooling unit that is provided inside the die to cool the die; and a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the die, in which the cooling unit adjusts a cooling capacity on the basis of a detection result of the temperature sensor.

Provided is a forming device that forms a heated metal material, the forming device including: a die that performs quench forming by coming into contact with the metal material; a cooling unit that is provided inside the die to cool the die; and a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the die, in which the cooling unit adjusts a cooling capacity on the basis of a detection result of the temperature sensor.