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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2004
Kosuke Akasaka, Wako, JP;
Kosuke Akasaka, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A tailored blank article having a lead-in opening structure, which is free from water leakage even through a lead-in opening is located at a step formed on one surface of the tailored blank article consisting of two metal plates with different thicknesses butt-welded together. The lead-in opening structure includes a recessed portion formed in the stepped surface of the tailored blank article along a peripheral edge of the opening, a sealing material filled in the recessed portion to undergo leveling of the peripheral edge of the opening including the step, and a seal plate covering the sealing material and attached to the tailored blank article.