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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Toshinobu Takashi, Nisshin, JP;
Kohei Takahashi, Nisshin, JP;
Yasuhide Matsuo, Toyota, JP;
Ayaka Kagami, Inazawa, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/00 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/0096 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01); Y10T 403/4991 (2015.01);
Abstract
A joint structure comprises a first panel and a second panel joined together by mechanical clinching. The joint structure includes a join region that is formed so as to extend in an elongated shape by forming plural clinched portions in a given arrangement by mechanical clinching. At least one clinched portion of the plural clinched portions is clinched from an opposite panel side from other clinched portions of the plurality of clinched portions.