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US 9,126,247 B2Granted
Outer panel for pillar of vehicle, and method and rolling apparatus for manufacturing the same
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorDo Hoi Kim
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Abstract
An outer panel for a pillar of a vehicle includes a central portion, flanges at opposite sides thereof for bonding to an inner panel, and opposite side portions between the central portion and the flange portions in a transverse sectional shape, wherein each of the side portions located at opposite sides of the central portion has a collision energy absorbing section having a thickness that is smaller than that of the central portion.
Claims5
An outer panel for a pillar of a vehicle, comprising:
- an inner panel;
- a central portion including flanges at opposite sides thereof for bonding to the inner panel, and including opposite side portions between the central portion and the flanges in a transverse sectional shape;
- wherein each of the side portions located at opposite sides of the central portion has a collision energy absorbing section having a thickness that is smaller than that of the central portion, and
- wherein an outer surface of the side portions of the collision energy absorbing section includes a reentrant shape curved towards an inner surface of the side portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.