Panel fastening structure and method of panel door for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorJe-Won Choi
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Abstract
A panel fastening structure of the panel door for a vehicle to which circumferences of an external panel and an internal panel are coupled, wherein a first side of the door hinged to a vehicle body includes the external panel and the internal panel fastened by a fastening member, and a second side of the door includes the external panel and the internal panel slidably coupled to each other.
Claims19
A panel fastening structure of a panel door for a vehicle to which circumferences of an external panel and an internal panel are coupled, the panel fastening structure comprising:
- a fastening member, wherein a first side of the door hinged to a vehicle body includes the external panel and the internal panel fastened by the fastening member, and a second side of the door includes the external panel and the internal panel slidably coupled to each other,
- wherein a first touch boss is provided to protrude from one side of one of the external panel and the internal panel.
A panel fastening method of a panel door for a vehicle, the method including:
- positioning an internal panel at a predetermined position;
- moving an external panel in a width direction of the vehicle and loading the external panel to be adjacent to the internal panel;
- seating the external panel on the internal panel;
- moving the external panel in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle to position the external panel at a fastening position with respect to the internal panel;
- and
- fastening one side of the external panel and one side of the internal panel by a fastening member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.