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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazunori Hida, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A side panel structure (), including a side outer panel () provided on the vehicle exterior side, and a side inner panel () provided on the vehicle interior () side. The side outer panel () and the side inner panel () form, as a closed cross-section structure, a peripheral edge section forming door openings (). The side outer panel () comprises an inner frame () formed from a high-strength steel sheet having a high tensile strength, and an outer frame () provided to the outer periphery section () of the inner frame (). The outer frame () is formed from a low-strength steel sheet having a low tensile strength.