Automobile panel
AssigneeNippon Steel Corporation
InventorsYasunori Sawa, Ryuichi Nishimura
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Abstract
An automobile panel 1 has a sheet-shaped outer panel 2 and a sheet-shaped inner panel 3, and an interior member 30 arranged in a space S between the inner panel 3 and the outer panel 2. The interior member 30 is an elongated member that extends in a first direction D1 along the outer panel 2, and includes a first end 41 that is one end in the first direction D1, and a second end 42 that is another end. The first end 41 has a first connecting portion 45 which is connected to the inner panel 3. The interior member 30 has a second connecting portion 46 that is connected to the outer panel 2, at a position that is separated from the first end 41 along the first direction D1.
Claims14
An automobile panel, comprising:
- a sheet-shaped outer panel located on an outer side of a vehicle, and
- an inner panel that is joined to the outer panel and is arranged on an inner side of the vehicle, and
- further comprising:
- an interior member arranged in a space between the inner panel and the outer panel,
- wherein:
- the interior member is an elongated member extending in a first direction along the outer panel, and includes a first end that is one end in the first direction and a second end that is another end in the first direction;
- the first end has a first connecting portion that is connected to the inner panel;
- the interior member has, at a position that is separated from the first end along the first direction, a second connecting portion that is connected to the outer panel;
- outer circumferential edge parts of the outer panel and outer circumferential edge parts of the inner panel are joined to each other over an entire circumference of the outer panel and the inner panel;
- and
- the entirety of the interior member is arranged in the space between the inner panel and the outer panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.