US 11,938,794 B2
Vehicle structure
Yuki Naganuma, Nagoya (JP); Kenji Yamaguchi, Miyoshi (JP); and Junya Yamamoto, Seto (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/713,246.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-090139 (JP), filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379700 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 11/04 (2006.01); B60J 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 11/04 (2013.01) [B60J 11/06 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle structure, comprising:
an exterior member for a vehicle, wherein the exterior member includes:
a first exterior member including a fender panel, and
a second exterior member adjacent to the first exterior member, the second exterior member including a bumper cover;
a strippable coating film on the first exterior member, wherein the strippable coating film includes:
a design portion covering an outer surface of the first exterior member, and
a non-design portion continuous with the design portion, the non-design portion covering at least the outer surface at a side end portion of the first exterior member where the first exterior member and the second exterior member overlap each other; and
an additional film, serving as a starting point from which the strippable coating film is stripped off, wherein the additional film includes:
a lamination part provided between the first exterior member and the non-design portion, and
an exposed part being exposed from an edge of the non-design portion, the exposed part extending from the edge to the second exterior member and being stuck to the second exterior member, wherein
the additional film is transparent,
the strippable coating film includes urethane-based resin or acrylic resin as a main material, and
an adhesive force between the lamination part and the non-design portion is larger than an adhesive force between the strippable coating film and the first exterior member.