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Opening/closing body structure for vehicle
US8991898B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8991898-B2 |
| Application number | US-201214347464-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Aug 28, 2012 |
| Priority date | Oct 5, 2011 |
| Publication date | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2015 |
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To provide an opening/closing body structure for a vehicle that can improve the fitting performance of an opening/closing body for a vehicle. A lock reinforcement is fixed to a lock mechanism mounting portion at a door inner panel. A pair of left and right hinge reinforcements are fixed to regions from left and right upper end portions to lower portions at vehicle transverse direction outer side end portions at an outer peripheral portion of the door inner panel. At wires, whose mounting portions at one end sides thereof are fixed to the lock reinforcement, mounting portions at other end sides are fixed to vertical direction intermediate portions of the hinge reinforcements, and the wires are tensed rectilinearly.
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The invention claimed is: 1. An opening/closing body structure for a vehicle, comprising: a door inner panel that structures an inner plate of an opening/closing body that can open and close a vehicle body opening portion; door hinges that are provided at a base end portion, which is a side mounted to a vehicle body, of the opening/closing body, and that connect the opening/closing body and the vehicle body; a door lock mechanism that is provided at a free end portion, which i…
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Operations & Transport · mapped topic
Operations & Transport · mapped topic
Operations & Transport · mapped topic
- B60J5/0431Primary
Operations & Transport · mapped topic
- B60J10/0091Primary
Operations & Transport · mapped topic
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- What does patent US8991898B2 cover?
- To provide an opening/closing body structure for a vehicle that can improve the fitting performance of an opening/closing body for a vehicle. A lock reinforcement is fixed to a lock mechanism mounting portion at a door inner panel. A pair of left and right hinge reinforcements are fixed to regions from left and right upper end portions to lower portions at vehicle transverse direction outer sid…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Iwano Yoshihiro, Toyota Motor Co Ltd
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification B60J5/0431. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).