US 11,884,143 B2
Reinforcing structure of automobile exterior panel
Yasunori Sawa, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiya Suzuki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/634,819
Filed by NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/034789
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/049670, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-167395 (JP), filed on Sep. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324307 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/0455 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel comprising:
an outer panel of a sheet shape,
a reinforcing member arranged at a vehicle inner side from said outer panel,
an inner panel of a sheet shape arranged at a vehicle inner side from said reinforcing member, and
a support member provided at a vehicle outer side from said inner panel and supporting said reinforcing member from a vehicle inner side,
said support member comprised of a tube-shaped member having an axial center directed from the vehicle inner side toward the vehicle outer side, wherein said support member has a flange provided at an end part at said inner panel side and fixed to said inner panel.