Body frame structure
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Iida Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshimitsu Yokoi, Shinichirou Murofushi, Keisuke Suzuki, Yasunori Yamada, Tetsuya Shinohara, Kenji Takada, Shigeaki Kitamura, Hironao Ito
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Abstract
A body frame structure forming a side part of an automobile includes an outer panel, an inner panel that forms a closed space elongated in a first direction between the inner panel and the outer panel, a metal outer R/F disposed within the closed space, a resin R/F disposed within the closed space, and a foam disposed within the closed space. The closed space includes a three-layer structure including the outer R/F, the resin R/F, and the foam filling a space between the outer R/F and the resin R/F.
Claims6
A body frame structure forming a side part of an automobile, the body frame structure comprising:
- an outer panel;
- an inner panel facing the outer panel to form a closed space elongated in a first direction between the inner panel and the outer panel;
- a first reinforcement made of a metal, the first reinforcement being disposed within the closed space;
- a second reinforcement made of a resin, the second reinforcement being disposed within the closed space;
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- a foam disposed within the closed space,
- the closed space including, in at least a portion in the first direction, a three-layer structure including the first reinforcement, the second reinforcement, and the foam filling a gap between the first reinforcement and the second reinforcement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.