IP Library Granted Patent US 8,029,049
Granted Patent B2
US 8,029,049 · App. 13/009,684 · Granted Oct 4, 2011

Fender panel structure

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Patent No.
US 8,029,049
App. No.
13/009,684
Granted
Oct 4, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The fender panel structure includes a fender panel formed of resin, disposed above a vehicle's wheel, and forming an outer plate on the side face of the vehicle. The fencer panel has an outer plate part exposed to the side face of the vehicle, and a reinforcement part disposed in the rear face of an adjacent member next to the outer plate part and extending along an edge of the outer plate part, both of which are integrally formed. The fencer plate has a fitting part, into which the adjacent member fits, formed along the interstice between the edge of the outer plate part, and the reinforcement part.

Claims (12)

1. A fender panel structure comprising a fender panel formed of resin, disposed above a vehicle's wheel and forming an outer plate on the side face of the vehicle, the fender panel comprising:

an outer plate part exposed to the side face of the vehicle;

an adjacent member disposed next to the outer plate part;

a reinforcement part disposed in the back face of the adjacent member, extending along an edge of the outer plate part, and formed of resin integrally with the outer plate part;

a fitting part, into which the adjacent member fits, formed along the interstice between the edge of the outer plate part and the reinforcement part;

a mount part to the vehicle formed in the reinforcement part;

bottom support means provided in the vehicle and supporting a front part of the fender panel from below;

a receiving face formed in the bottom support means and being substantially horizontal; and

a contact part formed in a lower edge of the mount part, the contact part allowing the direction, to which the fender panel thermally deforms, to be in the direction along the receiving face, and at the same time the contact part restricting the heat deformation in the direction intersecting with the receiving face by causing the fender panel to come into contact with the receiving face.

2. The fender panel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the mount part is mounted to the vehicle via the bottom support means.

3. The fender panel structure according to claim 1 , wherein a bolt installation hole for installing a bolt is formed in each of the bottom support means and the mount part.

4. The fender panel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom support means and the mount part are coupled together after painting.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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