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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2011
Nobutaka Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Hanya, Tokyo, JP;
Nobutaka Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Hanya, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A panel which includes, among protrusions protruding from a predetermined reference surface, flat sections being flush with the reference surface, and recesses being recessed from the reference surface, the protrusions, and the flat sections or recesses, wherein; when the panel includes the flat sections, the entire periphery of each of the protrusions is surrounded by the flat sections, and the entire periphery of each of the flat sections is surrounded by the protrusions, while when the panel includes the recesses, the entire periphery of each of the protrusions is surrounded by the recesses, and the entire periphery of each of the recesses is surrounded by the protrusions.