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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:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuo Maki, Yokosuka, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29620302 ; 296205 ; 296194 ;
Abstract
A framework of a vehicle body structure comprises an outer panel and an inner panel. These outer and inner panels are joined to constitute a longitudinally extending hollow structure. The inner panel includes a center panel part facing toward the interior of the vehicle body, and first and second side panel parts extending obliquely outward from laterally opposed edges of the center panel part. The center panel part has a rigidity higher than each of the first and second side panel parts.