Vehicle panel joint structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTaichi Minei, Atsushi Mikuni, Satoshi Ogawa
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Abstract
A vehicle panel joint structure comprises a pair of vehicle panels formed of a first vehicle panel and a second vehicle panel that have different linear expansion coefficients to each other; a hemming portion that is formed by folding over an end portion at an outer edge portion of the first vehicle panel; a rib portion that is formed at a leading end of an end portion at an outer edge portion of the second vehicle panel, that projects out toward the hemming portion of the first vehicle panel, and that contacts the hemming portion; and an adhesive layer that is formed between the outer edge portions of the pair of vehicle panels, and that joins the outer edge portions together.
Claims6
A vehicle panel joint structure comprising:
- a pair of vehicle panels formed of a first vehicle panel and a second vehicle panel that have different linear expansion coefficients to each other;
- a hemming portion that is formed by folding over an end portion at an outer edge portion of the first vehicle panel;
- a rib portion that is formed at a leading end of an end portion at an outer edge portion of the second vehicle panel, that projects out toward the hemming portion of the first vehicle panel, and that contacts the hemming portion;
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- an adhesive layer that is formed between the outer edge portions of the pair of vehicle panels, and that joins the outer edge portions together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.