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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2010
Shigeto Yasuhara, Shioya-gun, JP;
Yuji Matsuura, Haga-gun, JP;
Katsunari Sugawara, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle body panel joining structure including a structural frame () having a ridgeline in the lengthwise direction, which has one section joined to a first vehicle body panel () and another section joined to a second vehicle body panel (); an overlap part () in which the first and second vehicle body panels are overlapped and which is arranged in such a way that the structural frame straddles the overlap part; a depressed part () which is disposed at a position avoiding the ridgeline on the structural frame and is abutted by the overlap part; and a spot welding part () which is joined to the depressed part (), the first vehicle body panel, and the second vehicle body panel at the overlap part by means of spot welding.