Automobile inner panel and automobile panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11787478-B2
Application number	US-201917422129-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2019
Priority date	Jan 10, 2019
Publication date	Oct 17, 2023
Grant date	Oct 17, 2023

Abstract

In an automobile inner panel and an automobile panel that includes the automobile inner panel, panel rigidity of the panel is secured while achieving a weight reduction. An automobile inner panel 2 has a plurality of sub-units 10 that each include a flange 11 , an inclined wall 12 continuous with the flange 11 , and a bottom portion 13 continuous with inclined wall 12 and separated from the flange 11 . The bottom portions 13 and 13 of the sub-units 10 and 10 which are adjacent to each other are butted against each other and are directly continuous with each other. A maximum value of a distance D 1 between two of the flanges 11 and 11 of two of the sub-units 10 and 10 in which the bottom portions 13 are arranged separated from each other and which are adjacent to each other is 250 mm or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An automobile inner panel, comprising:
a plurality of sub-units each including a flange, an inclined wall continuous with the flange, and a bottom portion continuous with the inclined wall and separated from the flange,
wherein:
the bottom portions of the sub-units which are adjacent to each other are butted against each other and are directly continuous with each other;
a maximum value of a distance between two of the flanges of two of the sub-units in which the bottom portions are arranged separated from each other and which are adjacent to each other is 250 mm or less; and
at least at one part of an outermost circumferential sub-unit, which is the sub-unit arranged adjacent to an outer circumferential edge of the automobile inner panel, a height from the bottom portion to the flange is lower than a height from the bottom portion to the flange in another sub-unit.

2. The automobile inner panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
a unit having a polygonal shape is formed by a plurality of the sub-units.

3. The automobile inner panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
a unit having a round shape or an oval shape is formed by the sub-unit.

4. The automobile inner panel according to claim 2 , wherein:
a plurality of the flanges in a plurality of the units are disposed in a close-packed arrangement.

5. The automobile inner panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the sub-unit having the height from the bottom portion to the flange of 10 mm or more is provided.

6. An automobile panel, comprising:
an automobile inner panel according to claim 1 ;
an automobile outer panel supported by the automobile inner panel; and
a joint,
wherein:
the joint is provided in at least one of a plurality of the flanges of the automobile inner panel; and
the joint joins the flange in which the joint is provided and the automobile outer panel.

7. The automobile panel according to claim 6 , wherein:
a frame portion having a hat-shaped cross section is formed by a pair of the sub-units including a pair of the bottom portions which are butted against each other and are directly continuous with each other;
a plurality of the frame portions are provided;
the joints are provided in two of the frame portions which are arranged separated from each other and are adjacent; and
a minimum value of a distance between the joints of two of the frame portions is 30 mm or more.

8. The automobile panel according to claim 6 , wherein:
the outer panel is a steel sheet; and
a sheet thickness of the outer panel is within a range of 0.35 mm to 0.60 mm.

9. The automobile panel according to claim 6 , wherein:
the outer panel is an aluminum alloy sheet; and
a sheet thickness of the panel is within a range of 0.50 mm to 1.00 mm.

10. An automobile inner panel, comprising:
a plurality of sub-units each including a flange, an inclined wall continuous with the flange, and a bottom portion continuous with the inclined wall and separated from the flange,
wherein:
a frame portion having a hat-shaped cross section is formed by a pair of the sub-units including a pair of the bottom portions which are butted against each other and are directly continuous with each other;
a plurality of the frame portions are provided;
a maximum value of a distance between the flanges of two of the frame portions which are arranged separated from each other and are adjacent is 250 mm or less; and
at least at one part of an outermost circumferential sub-unit, which is the sub-unit arranged adjacent to an outer circumferential edge of the automobile inner panel, a height from the bottom portion to the flange is lower than a height from the bottom portion to the flange in another sub-unit.

11. The automobile inner panel according to claim 10 , wherein:
a unit having a polygonal shape is formed by a plurality of the sub-units.

12. The automobile inner panel according to claim 10 , wherein:
a unit having a round shape or an oval shape is formed by the sub-unit.

13. The automobile inner panel according to claim 11 , wherein:
a plurality of the flanges in a plurality of the units are disposed in a close-packed arrangement.

14. The automobile inner panel according to claim 10 , wherein:
the sub-unit having the height from the bottom portion to the flange of 10 mm or more is provided.

15. An automobile panel, comprising:
an automobile inner panel according to claim 10 ;
an automobile outer panel supported by the automobile inner panel; and
a joint,
wherein:
the joint is provided in at least one of a plurality of the flanges of the automobile inner panel; and
the joint joins the flange in which the joint is provided and the automobile outer panel.

16. The automobile panel according to claim 15 , wherein:
the joints are provided in two of the frame portions which are arranged separated from each other and are adjacent; and
a minimum value of a distance between the joints of two of the frame portions is 30 mm or more.

17. The automobile panel according to claim 15 , wherein:
the outer panel is a steel sheet; and
a sheet thickness of the outer panel is within a range of 0.35 mm to 0.60 mm.

18. The automobile panel according to claim 15 , wherein:
the outer panel is an aluminum alloy sheet; and
a sheet thickness of the panel is within a range of 0.50 mm to 1.00 mm.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Nishimura Ryuichi
• Hamada Koichi
• Koga Atsuo
• Kawachi Takeshi
• Sawa Yasunori
• Yoshida Tohru

Classifications

• B62D25/12 Primary

  Parts or details thereof (locks E05B, {E05B83/16; devices for holding open E05C17/00, e.g. while carrying oversize objects E05C17/042}; hinges E05D; counterbalancing means E05F; {checks, stops, buffers E05F5/00; } springs, {e.g. pneumatic springs} F16F) · CPC title

• B60R2021/343

  using deformable body panel, bodywork or components · CPC title

• B62D25/105 Primary

  for motor cars · CPC title

• B62D29/005

  preformed metal and synthetic material elements being joined together, e.g. by adhesives · CPC title

• B62D29/008

  predominantly of light alloys, e.g. extruded · CPC title