IP Library Granted Patent US 10,272,954
Granted Patent B2
US 10,272,954 · App. 15/116,705 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Panel

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Patent No.
US 10,272,954
App. No.
15/116,705
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a panel whose surface rigidity can be improved appropriately in accordance with a load. Provided is a panel including: a load point to which a load is applied from the outside; and a protrusion that protrudes from a surface of the panel and is formed continuously or discontinuously around the load point. The protrusion intersects, at a plurality of positions, each of a plurality of virtual straight lines extending radially from the load point.

Claims (11)

1. A floor panel of an automobile comprising:

a load point to which a load is applied from the outside; and

a plurality of protrusions that protrude from a surface of the floor panel and are formed continuously or discontinuously around the load point, each of the plurality of protrusions having a ridge line corresponding to thereto,

wherein all of the protrusions formed on the floor panel intersect, at a plurality of positions, each of a plurality of virtual straight lines extending radially from the load point to a respective vertex of the floor panel,

wherein each of the ridge lines perpendicularly intersect all of the plurality of the virtual straight lines.

2. The panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the load point is a junction with another member.

3. The panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the protrusion includes a top face parallel to the surface of the panel.

4. The panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the panel is made of a steel sheet.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2016
From: YONEBAYASHI, TORU; NAKAZAWA, YOSHIAKI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039349/0180 →