IP Library Granted Patent US 10,457,224
Granted Patent B2
US 10,457,224 · App. 15/813,318 · Granted Oct 29, 2019

Vehicle body structure and ornamental member

Inventor: Yoichi Katayama (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60R13/043B60J10/86B60R13/04B60R13/06
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Patent No.
US 10,457,224
App. No.
15/813,318
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body structure including an ornamental member attached to an outer surface of an outer edge portion of a door, wherein the ornamental member includes an attachment portion pasted to the outer surface by a pasting unit, and a parallel surface that extends from the attachment portion outward with respect to the outer edge portion and is parallel to the outer surface.

Claims (13)

1. A vehicle body structure including a door and an ornamental member attached to an outer surface of an outer edge portion of the door,

wherein the ornamental member includes an inner member and an outer member, the inner member includes:

an attachment portion pasted to the outer surface by a pasting unit; and

an extending portion that extends from the attachment portion beyond the outer edge portion, the extending portion including a parallel surface which is parallel to the outer surface.

2. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment portion includes a surface that continues to the parallel surface and is parallel to the outer surface.

3. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein the parallel surface tilts to be located toward a vehicle interior as the parallel surface extends away from the outer edge portion of the door.

4. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein the ornamental member is provided with a seal member at a position farther apart outward from the outer edge portion than the parallel surface,

the seal member includes a base portion on a side of the ornamental member and a seal portion that forms a seal to a vehicle body, and

the base portion includes a continuous surface that continues to the parallel surface.

5. The structure according to claim 4 , wherein a trench is formed between the base portion and the seal portion of the seal member.

6. The structure according to claim 4 , wherein the ornamental member is attached to a lower edge portion of the door,

a corrosion-proofing coat layer is formed on a bottom portion of the vehicle body, and

the coat layer is formed to overlap the seal member when the door is closed.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S NAME AND ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 044130 FRAME: 0641. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 16, 2017
From: KATAYAMA, YOICHI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044477/0389 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2017
From: KATAYAMA, YOICHI
To: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044130/0641 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-237075 · Dec 6, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180154844A1 · Jun 7, 2018
Cited By (1)
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