Reinforcing structure of automobile exterior panel
AssigneeNippon Steel Corporation
InventorsYasunori Sawa, Toshiya Suzuki
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Abstract
A reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel improving performance in absorbing an impact load, the reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel comprising an outer panel 110 of a sheet shape, a reinforcing member 120 arranged at a vehicle inner side from the outer panel 110, an inner panel 135 of a sheet shape arranged at a vehicle inner side from the reinforcing member 120, and a support member 140 provided at a vehicle outer side from the inner panel 135 and supporting the reinforcing member 120 from a vehicle inner side, the support member 140 comprised of tube-shaped member having axial centers directed from the vehicle inner side toward the vehicle outer side.
Claims11
A reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel comprising:
- an outer panel of a sheet shape,
- a reinforcing member arranged at a vehicle inner side from said outer panel,
- an inner panel of a sheet shape arranged at a vehicle inner side from said reinforcing member, and
- a support member provided at a vehicle outer side from said inner panel and supporting said reinforcing member from a vehicle inner side,
- said support member comprised of a tube-shaped member having an axial center directed from the vehicle inner side toward the vehicle outer side, wherein said support member has a flange provided at an end part at said inner panel side and fixed to said inner panel.
A reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel comprising:
- an outer panel of a sheet shape,
- a reinforcing member arranged at a vehicle inner side from said outer panel,
- an inner panel of a sheet shape arranged at a vehicle inner side from said reinforcing member, and
- a support member provided at a vehicle outer side from said inner panel and supporting said reinforcing member from a vehicle inner side,
- said support member comprised of a tube-shaped member having an axial center directed from the vehicle inner side toward the vehicle outer side, wherein there are a plurality of said support members.
A reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel comprising:
- an outer panel of a sheet shape,
- a reinforcing member arranged at a vehicle inner side from said outer panel,
- an inner panel of a sheet shape arranged at a vehicle inner side from said reinforcing member, and
- a support member provided at a vehicle outer side from said inner panel and supporting said reinforcing member from a vehicle inner side,
- said support member comprised of a tube-shaped member having an axial center directed from the vehicle inner side toward the vehicle outer side, wherein said reinforcing member comprises
- a plurality of first members of long shapes extending in a first direction running along said outer panel and
- a plurality of second members of long shapes extending in a second direction running along said outer panel and crossing said first members.
A reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel comprising:
- an outer panel of a sheet shape,
- a reinforcing member arranged at a vehicle inner side from said outer panel,
- an inner panel of a sheet shape arranged at a vehicle inner side from said reinforcing member, and
- a support member provided at a vehicle outer side from said inner panel and supporting said reinforcing member from a vehicle inner side,
- said support member comprised of a tube-shaped member having an axial center directed from the vehicle inner side toward the vehicle outer side, wherein a maximum width of an end part of said support member at said reinforcing member side when viewing said support member from a vehicle outer side is larger than a width of said reinforcing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.