Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Kota Kobayashi

Keishi Okunaka

Ichiro Kono

Sen Tao

Takeshi Kondo

Kenji Shiobara

Taishi Yamada

Keizo Yamashita

A vibration-sensor-integrated vibration exciterhas a chassis, an excitation unit, a magnet, a yoke, a vibration sensor, a fixed plate, a moving plate, coil springsto, a retaining plate, and a crisscross plate. Shaftstoare fixed to the fixed plate. The excitation unitis fixed to the crisscross plate. Four vibration-proof rubber memberstoare installed to the crisscross plateat 90-degree pitches with same radius centering on the excitation axis of the fixed excitation unit. The crisscross plateis installed to the retaining platethrough the vibration-proof rubber membersto. A vibration applied to the chassisis absorbed by the vibration-proof rubber membersto, to prevent the yokefrom being dislocated in lateral direction due to the vibration.

Vibration exciter

A panel assembly includes an outer member and an inner member, which overlap each other and jointly have an edge that includes a distal end portion of the outer member and a distal end portion projecting from an end of the inner member. The distal end portions are fastened together by sheet metal seaming. Boundary regions of the inner member between the distal end portion, which is seamed, and the end, which is not seamed, have respective clearances defined in the end, and which are spaced away from a seaming range in which the distal end portions are seamed.

Panel assembly and method of forming same

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Tochigi, Japan

Kota Kobayashi