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US 11,952,046 B2Granted
Vehicle body
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Subaru Corporation
InventorsShin Inoue, Katsuya Ooshima
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Abstract
A vehicle body includes a cross member that is provided on a floor panel and has a hole, and a nameplate that is joined to an inner face of the cross member. At least a part of the nameplate is exposed from the hole. A hardness of the nameplate is lower than a hardness of the steel plate used in the cross member, and a vehicle identification number is stamped in an area of the nameplate, the area being exposed from the hole.
Claims6
A vehicle body comprising:
- a cross member that is provided on a floor panel and has a hole;
- and
- a nameplate that is joined to an inner face of the cross member, at least a part of the nameplate being exposed from the hole, wherein:
- a hardness of the nameplate is lower than a hardness of a steel plate used in the cross member;
- and
- a vehicle identification number is stamped in an area of the nameplate, the area being exposed from the hole;
- wherein the nameplate is joined to the inner face of the cross member such that attempted removal of the nameplate from the inner face of the cross member would destroy structural integrity of the cross member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.