Patent ID: 11904583
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 3:
4. A vehicle constituent member comprising:
a body portion made of metal and having a pillar configured such that a vertical section projects outwardly, the vertical section set between opposite ends of the pillar, the vertical section having a first surface opposite a second surface;
a reinforcing member made of fiber reinforced resin and having a sheet shape, the sheet shape comprising a first end surface, a second end surface opposite the first end surface, the first end surface between the second end surface and the pillar, and four peripheral edges surrounding a perimeter of the reinforcing member, one peripheral edge of the four peripheral edges is a surface end, the reinforcing member being disposed on the first surface of the pillar and positioned entirely on the vertical section; and
an adhesive layer provided between the surface of the pillar and the reinforcing member and connecting the pillar and the reinforcing member, the adhesive layer being configured such that a thickness of a part of the adhesive layer becomes thinner as the part of the adhesive layer is distanced outwardly from the surface end of the reinforcing member in a planar view of the reinforcing member, the part of the adhesive layer being disposed outwardly from the surface end of the reinforcing member, the thickness of the part of the adhesive layer distanced outwardly from the surface end of the reinforcing member is equal to or less than a maximum plate thickness, the maximum plate thickness being a distance between the first surface of the pillar and the second end surface of the reinforcing member with the adhesive layer in between, a thickness of the part of a adhesive layer distanced between the first surface of the pillar and the first end surface of the reinforcing member is greater than a reinforcing member thickness, the reinforcing member thickness being a distance between the first end surface and the second end surface of the reinforcing member,
wherein the first end surface of the reinforcing member is covered with the adhesive layer,
the reinforcing member and the adhesive layer have a first joining surface along a surface direction of the reinforcing member, a second joining surface along a thickness direction of the reinforcing member, and
all the peripheral edges of the reinforcing member are covered with the adhesive layer.