US 12,403,960 B2
Outer panel structure
Takanori Hayashi, Toyota (JP); and Yosuke Otake, Ichinomiya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,997.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-068586 (JP), filed on Apr. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331313 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 15/05 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B62D 25/16 (2006.01); B62D 25/18 (2006.01); B62D 25/24 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/18 (2013.01) [B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B62D 25/163 (2013.01); B62D 25/24 (2013.01); B60K 15/05 (2013.01); B60K 2015/053 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0553 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outer panel structure, comprising:
an outer panel, which is provided at a side part of a vehicle, and in which a frame part is formed by perforating a part thereof in a thickness direction; and
a charging receiver module or fuel receiver module inserted and fixed in the frame part, wherein
the charging receiver module or fuel receiver module comprises a lid that can be opened and closed,
the outer panel structure further comprises a reinforcement bracket mounted to the outer panel at a part located below an opening/closing hinge axis of the lid in terms of a vehicle height direction,
the outer panel is a fender panel,
the frame part is formed in a position above a tire,
the fender panel comprises, as a structure located near the tire, a part having an L-shaped cross section, which includes a first plate portion facing a vehicle width direction and a second plate portion bent from the first plate portion, and
the reinforcement bracket has an L-shaped cross section conforming along the first plate portion and the second plate portion.