# US 12,110,062 B2 · Car body panel structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,110,062 B2 - Document ID: US12110062B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/669,318 - Filed: 2022-02-10 - Published: 2022-09-22 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2021-03-18 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yuya Kawano - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12110062B2 ## CPC - B62D 25/14: Dashboards as superstructure sub-units (other dashboard aspects B60K) - B62D 25/082: {Engine compartments} - B62D 25/2018: {the subunits being front structures} - B62D 25/2045: {the subunits being fire walls} - B62D 27/02: rigid - B62D 25/088: {Details of structures as upper supports for springs or dampers} - 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) ## Abstract A car body panel structure includes a stress relieving part disposed on the car body panel and located between multiple connecting sides for connecting the car body panel and the frame component. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A car body panel structure, comprising: a stress relieving part comprising a bead, which is disposed on a car body panel and located between a plurality of connecting sides for connecting the car body panel and a frame component, wherein: the car body panel has a dash panel and a toe board, the frame component has a shock absorber housing, the shock absorber housing is fixed to an upper side of the frame component, and the connecting sides comprise an upper part connecting side connected between the upper side of the frame component and the dash panel and a side part connecting side connected between the toe board and an inner end side of the frame component, the stress relieving part is formed between the upper part connecting side and the side part connecting side, the car body panel has a curved bent part connected between the dash panel and the toe board, and the stress relieving part is configured on the car body panel by extending linearly in an up-down direction and spanning the curved bent part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The car body panel structure according to claim 1, wherein: the side part connecting side is formed by a first side part connecting side and a second side part connecting side, the first side part connecting side is disposed adjacent to a wheel housing of the car body panel, the second side part connecting side is opposite to the first side part connecting side in a width direction of a car body, and the second side part connecting side is located more inside in the width direction of the car body than the first side part connecting side, the stress relieving part is formed between the second side part connecting side and the upper part connecting side. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The car body panel structure according to claim 1, wherein: the stress relieving part overlaps with the upper part connecting side and the side part connecting side at least in an up-down direction of a car body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The car body panel structure according to claim 1, wherein: the stress relieving part is formed such that an end part in a longitudinal direction of the stress relieving part has a tapered shape. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The car body panel structure according to claim 1, wherein: the frame component has a connecting flange part formed by a separate component, and the frame component is connected to the car body panel through the connecting flange part to form the connecting sides. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The car body panel structure according to claim 1, wherein: the dash panel has a vertical surface part and an inclined surface part adjacent to the vertical surface part and not coplanar with the vertical surface part, the vertical surface part, the inclined surface part, and the toe board converge to form a convergence part, and the stress relieving part is formed between the convergence part and the connecting side. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The car body panel structure according to claim 1, wherein: the connecting sides bonding the car body panel and the frame component are formed through spot welding. ### Claim 8 A car body panel structure, comprising: a stress relieving part comprising a bead, which is disposed on a car body panel and located between a plurality of connecting sides for connecting the car body panel and a frame component, wherein: the car body panel has a dash panel and a toe board, the frame component has a shock absorber housing, the shock absorber housing is fixed to an upper side of the frame component, and the connecting sides comprise an upper part connecting side connected between the upper side of the frame component and the dash panel and a side part connecting side connected between the toe board and an inner end side of the frame component, the stress relieving part is formed between the upper part connecting side and the side part connecting side, the dash panel has a vertical surface part and an inclined surface part adjacent to the vertical surface part and not coplanar with the vertical surface part, the vertical surface part, the inclined surface part, and the toe board converge to form a convergence part, and the stress relieving part is formed between the convergence part and the connecting side.