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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Christopher M. Higgins, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matthew A. Jansma, Saline, MI (US);
Herbert Meingast, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Naoya Ashida, Miyoshi, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 33/023 (2006.01); B62D 33/077 (2006.01); B62D 33/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 21/18 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 33/023 (2013.01); B62D 21/18 (2013.01); B62D 25/08 (2013.01); B62D 29/001 (2013.01); B62D 33/02 (2013.01); B62D 33/077 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicular body structural arrangement includes a unitarily-formed polymeric bed box including a bulkhead panel, an elongate reinforcement including a spine, and a row of rivet nuts securing the reinforcement to the bulkhead panel in an unconcealed manner. The reinforcement is backed against the bulkhead panel from outside the bed box. The rivet nuts are installed to the bulkhead panel against the reinforcement facing inside the bed box.