Patent ID: 11938794
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. A vehicle structure, comprising:
a fender panel;
a bumper cover;
a strippable coating film on the fender panel, wherein the strippable coating film includes:
a first portion covering an outer surface of the fender panel, and
a second portion continuous with the first portion, the second portion covering the outer surface of the fender panel at a portion of the fender panel where the fender panel and the bumper cover overlap each other while being spaced from each other by a gap; and

an additional film, serving as a starting point from which the strippable coating film is to be stripped off, wherein the additional film includes:
a lamination part between the fender panel and the second portion of the strippable coating film, and
an exposed part exposed from an edge of the second portion of the strippable coating film, wherein

the exposed part extends from the edge of the second portion of the strippable coating film, across the gap between the fender panel and the bumper cover, to the bumper cover where the exposed part is stuck to the bumper cover,
the additional film is transparent,
the strippable coating film includes urethane-based resin or acrylic resin as a main material, and
an adhesive force between the lamination part and the second portion of the strippable coating film is larger than an adhesive force between the first portion of the strippable coating film and the fender panel.