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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2004
Teruo Kamada, Sayama, JP;
Takashi Tsuchiya, Sayama, JP;
Noriaki Iwanami, Sayama, JP;
Masamitsu Numano, Sayama, JP;
Teruo Kamada, Sayama, JP;
Takashi Tsuchiya, Sayama, JP;
Noriaki Iwanami, Sayama, JP;
Masamitsu Numano, Sayama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular body panel or component part having a reinforcing backing plate reconciled or joined to a part of a blank material at a position wherein a bending formation is implemented. The backing plate has one or more apertures formed in at least one lateral row at a location equivalent to the position of the bending formation. When forming the blank material and the backing plate concurrently by a bending operation, the backing plate becomes intimately associated with the blank sheet to avoid the backing plate from locally separating from the blank material and from forming a gap relative thereto, with a resultant improved product quality.