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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.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 / ; 219106 ;
Abstract
Edges of first and second panel plates to be joined together are butted to each other along a seam to be formed under a backing support by a backing member extending along the seam to lie over both of the two panel plates. The backing member being wide enough to extend over both sides of the seam and having a substantially higher rigidity than the panel plates, wherein the butting edges of the two panel plates and the backing member are all welded together along the seam.