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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2009
Kazuo Fukui, Aichi, JP;
Nobuhide Hashimoto, Aichi, JP;
Teruji Kuroyanagi, Aichi, JP;
Kenji Atarashi, Aichi, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishida, Aichi, JP;
Jun Isami, Aichi, JP;
Toshimitsu Matsuoka, Aichi, JP;
Kazuo Fukui, Aichi, JP;
Nobuhide Hashimoto, Aichi, JP;
Teruji Kuroyanagi, Aichi, JP;
Kenji Atarashi, Aichi, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishida, Aichi, JP;
Jun Isami, Aichi, JP;
Toshimitsu Matsuoka, Aichi, JP;
Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, JP;
Hayashi Telempu Co., Ltd., Nagoya-shi, JP;
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya shi, JP;
Abstract
In a vehicle ceiling structure, a long reinforcing rib is attached to a ceiling member of the vehicle, the rib being made of a resin having a different coefficient of thermal expansion from that of the ceiling member. The reinforcing rib comprises a plurality of segmented ribs that are divided by a gap in a longitudinal direction. One segmented rib of adjoining segmented ribs and is formed, in upper and lower parts of a front end portion thereof, with an upper protrusion and a lower protrusion protruding in the longitudinal direction. One segmented rib and the other segmented rib fit with each other such that a lower face of the upper protrusion and an upper face of the lower protrusion of the one segmented rib respectively face a rear end portion of the other segmented rib in an up and down direction.