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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hideyuki Yoshioka, Okazaki, JP;
Akiyoshi Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Norimasa Koreishi, Toyota, JP;
Kentaro Adachi, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle frame structure includes a pair of hat-shaped panels that form a portion of a vehicle, each hat-shaped panel having a hat-shaped cross-section, the pair of hat-shaped panels facing each other and forming a closed sectional portion; a partition panel that is sandwiched by the pair of hat-shaped panels, and divides an inside of the closed sectional portion; and a laser welded portion where all of four or more plates including the pair of hat-shaped panels and the partition panel are overlapped and welded together at an identical position by laser welding.