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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Ayaka Kagami, Inazawa, JP;
Soshiro Murata, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhide Matsuo, Toyota, JP;
Yasushi Azuma, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle member join structure includes a sheet-shaped first member made of a lightweight metal, a sheet-shaped second member made of a ferrous metal, a rivet made of a ferrous metal and including a shaft that penetrates the first member and a head that remains at an outer surface of the first member, the shaft being welded to the second member so as to connect the first member and the second member together, and a waterproof section that prevents water ingress by covering a region where the rivet and the first member contact each other.