# US 10,479,415 B2 · Vehicular panel structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,415 B2 - Document ID: US10479415B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/854,084 - Filed: 2017-12-26 - Published: 2018-07-12 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-12 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yoshiyuki Adachi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479415B2 ## CPC - B62D 27/026: {Connections by glue bonding (in general F16B11/00; processes C09J5/00)} - B60J 5/101: {for non-load transporting vehicles, i.e. family cars including vans} - B62D 25/08: Front or rear portions {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11)} - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) ## Abstract A vehicular panel structure includes an inner panel disposed on an inner side of a vehicle; an outer panel disposed on an outer side of the inner panel in the vehicle, having a linear expansion coefficient different from a linear expansion coefficient of the inner panel, and having an adhesive surface joined by an adhesive to an adhesive surface of the inner panel; and an affixed member affixed to a part of the adhesive surface of the outer panel. The affixed member is configured to adhere less to the adhesive than to the adhesive surface of the inner panel or the adhesive surface of the outer panel to which the affixed member is affixed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicular panel structure comprising: an inner panel disposed on an inner side of a vehicle; an outer panel disposed on an outer side of the inner panel, having a linear expansion coefficient different from a linear expansion coefficient of the inner panel, and having an adhesive surface joined by an adhesive to an adhesive surface of the inner panel; and an affixed member affixed to a part of the adhesive surface of the inner panel or the adhesive surface of the outer panel, the affixed member being configured to adhere less to the adhesive than to the adhesive surface of the inner panel or the adhesive surface of the outer panel to which the affixed member is affixed, wherein: the inner panel and the outer panel constitute a door of the vehicle; and the affixed member is disposed in a lower end portion of the door in an up-down direction of the vehicle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicular panel structure according to claim 1, wherein: the adhesive causes an outer edge of the inner panel and an outer edge of the outer panel to adhere to each other; and the affixed member is disposed at a part of the outer edge of the inner panel or the outer edge of the outer panel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicular panel structure according to claim 1, wherein: a stepped portion is disposed on at least a part of the inner panel and the outer panel; and the affixed member is disposed adjacent to the stepped portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicular panel structure according to claim 1, wherein the affixed member is affixed to the outer panel side, the outer panel side being a design surface side. ### Claim 5 A vehicular panel structure comprising: an inner panel disposed on an inner side of a vehicle; an outer panel disposed on an outer side of the inner panel, having a linear expansion coefficient different from a linear expansion coefficient of the inner panel, and having an adhesive surface joined by an adhesive to an adhesive surface of the inner panel; and an affixed member affixed to a part of the adhesive surface of the inner panel or the adhesive surface of the outer panel, the affixed member being configured to adhere less to the adhesive than to the adhesive surface of the inner panel or the adhesive surface of the outer panel to which the affixed member is affixed, wherein the affixed member is a resin-molded article and is provided with a plurality of planar joined portions and a plurality of recessed portions molded in an intermediate portion of the planar joined portions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The vehicular panel structure according to claim 5, wherein the joined portions of the affixed member are joined to the adhesive surface of the outer panel at a position of a rear side vertical wall portion of the outer panel adjacent to a stepped portion such that recessed parts of the recessed portions pass along an up-down direction of the vehicle. ### Claim 7 A vehicular panel structure comprising: an inner panel disposed on an inner side of a vehicle; an outer panel disposed on an outer side of the inner panel, having a linear expansion coefficient different from a linear expansion coefficient of the inner panel, and having an adhesive surface joined by an adhesive to an adhesive surface of the inner panel; and an affixed member affixed to a part of the adhesive surface of the inner panel or the adhesive surface of the outer panel, the affixed member being configured to adhere less to the adhesive than to the adhesive surface of the inner panel or the adhesive surface of the outer panel to which the affixed member is affixed, wherein the affixed member is configured of a polypropylene resin. ### Claim 8 A vehicular panel structure comprising: an inner panel disposed on an inner side of a vehicle; an outer panel disposed on an outer side of the inner panel, having a linear expansion coefficient different from a linear expansion coefficient of the inner panel, and having an adhesive surface joined by an adhesive to an adhesive surface of the inner panel; and an affixed member affixed to a part of the adhesive surface of the inner panel or the adhesive surface of the outer panel, the affixed member being configured to adhere less to the adhesive than to the adhesive surface of the inner panel or the adhesive surface of the outer panel to which the affixed member is affixed, wherein the affixed member is configured of a polyethylene.