Outer panel structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakanori Hayashi, Yosuke Otake
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Abstract
An outer panel structure includes a front fender panel, which is an outer panel, and a charging receiver module or fuel receiver module. The front fender panel is provided at a side part of a vehicle, and includes a frame part formed therein by having a part thereof perforated in a thickness direction. The charging receiver module or fuel receiver module is inserted and fixed in the frame part. The charging receiver module or fuel receiver module includes a lid that can be opened and closed. The outer panel structure further includes a reinforcement bracket mounted to the front fender panel at a part located below an opening/closing hinge axis of the lid in terms of a vehicle height direction.
Claims2
An outer panel structure, comprising:
- an outer panel, which is provided at a side part of a vehicle, and in which a frame part is formed by perforating a part thereof in a thickness direction;
- and
- a charging receiver module or fuel receiver module inserted and fixed in the frame part, wherein
- the charging receiver module or fuel receiver module comprises a lid that can be opened and closed,
- the outer panel structure further comprises a reinforcement bracket mounted to the outer panel at a part located below an opening/closing hinge axis of the lid in terms of a vehicle height direction,
- the outer panel is a fender panel,
- the frame part is formed in a position above a tire,
- the fender panel comprises, as a structure located near the tire, a part having an L-shaped cross section, which includes a first plate portion facing a vehicle width direction and a second plate portion bent from the first plate portion, and
- the reinforcement bracket has an L-shaped cross section conforming along the first plate portion and the second plate portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.