Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Sen Tao

Keishi Okunaka

Kota Kobayashi

Shinji Ago

Kenji Shiobara

Keizo Yamashita

Hirotatsu Koda

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

A panel member for an automobile includes a hem portion roll-fastened in a state of overlapping an outer panel and an inner panel. At the hem portion of the panel member, the outer panel and the inner panel are roll-fastened in a state that a front end face of the outer panel and a front end face of the inner panel are respectively rolled-in by the inner panel and the outer panel.

Panel fastening method and panel member for automobile

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Tochigi, Japan

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