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US 2026/0109207 A1Published application
Vehicle body panel
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTatsuya SHIMIZU, Hiroki HYODO, Takato YAMADA
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Abstract
A vehicle body panel includes a front door frame made of metal, a front door outer panel made of resin attached to an outer side of the front door frame, and a protector covering a bolt for fastening the front door outer panel to the front door frame. The protector is provided on the front door outer panel, penetrates the front door frame, protrudes to the inner side of the front door frame, and covers the upper side of the bolt on the inner side of the front door frame.
Claims11
A vehicle body panel structure comprising:
- a frame made of metal;
- an outer panel made of resin and attached to an outer side of the frame;
- a fastening member that fastens the outer panel to the frame;
- and
- a protector that covers at least a part of the fastening member, wherein
- the protector is provided on the outer panel, passes through the frame to protrude from an inner side of the frame, and covers, at the inner side of the frame, at least a part of the fastening member.
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A vehicle body panel structure comprising:
- a door frame made of metal;
- a door outer panel made of resin and attached to an outer side of the door frame;
- and
- a door lock mechanism disposed in a space between the door frame and the door outer panel, wherein
- the door outer panel has a lock protector that extends from a surface facing the door frame toward the door frame and covers at least a part of the door lock mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.