US 11,850,924 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. 17/634,213
Filed by NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/034788
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/049669, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-167390 (JP), filed on Sep. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274472 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01); F16F 7/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/0455 (2013.01) [F16F 7/12 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel comprising
an outer panel of a sheet shape,
a plurality of first members of long shapes arranged at a vehicle inner side from said outer panel,
a plurality of second members of long shapes arranged at the vehicle inner side from said outer panel and crossing said plurality of first members,
an inner panel of a sheet shape arranged at a vehicle inner side from said first members and said second members, and
support members provided at a vehicle outer side from said inner panel and supporting said first members or said second members from the vehicle inner side,
said support members supporting said first members or said second members at a plurality of crossing parts where said first members and said second members cross or between such adjoining crossing parts,
wherein
said second members are thicker than said first members,
said support members support said second members between such adjoining crossing parts, and
at said crossing parts, said first members are arranged between said outer panel and said second members.