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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12043318 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2022

Vehicle body structure

Applicants:

Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Shuichi Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;

Keisuke Yokota, Tokyo, JP;

Tsukasa Hoshino, Tokyo, JP;

Assignees:

SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

MCGINN I.P. LAW GROUP, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Dennis H Pedder

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B23K 11/20 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B23K 20/24 (2006.01); B23K 28/02 (2014.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B62D 27/00 (2006.01); B62D 27/04 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01); B23K 11/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 27/023 (2013.01); B23K 11/20 (2013.01); B23K 20/12 (2013.01); B23K 20/24 (2013.01); B23K 28/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B62D 27/00 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B62D 27/04 (2013.01); B62D 29/008 (2013.01); B23K 11/11 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a vehicle body structure, an end portion of a first vehicle body member having a plate shape is coupled to a second vehicle body member having a plate shape. The first vehicle body member is made of a first metal and the second vehicle body member is made of a second metal. The vehicle body structure includes a third vehicle body member made of the first metal. The third vehicle body member includes an interposed portion having general portions and a convex portion. The convex portion has a weld-joint portion configured to be joined to the end portion of the first vehicle body member by welding. Each of the general portion has a swage-joint portion configured to be swaged and jointed to the second vehicle body member in a circular shape viewed from a thickness direction, and a cutout portion.

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