Patent ID: 7243972

Claim:
A vehicle body panel structure, comprising: an outer panel; an inner panel facing the outer panel; and a trim of a cabin interior, wherein at least one surface of: a back surface of the outer panel, a surface of the inner panel facing the outer panel, a surface of the inner panel facing away from the outer panel, and a surface of the trim facing the outer panel, includes heat insulation to insulate the at least one surface in addition to the structure of the respective outer panel, inner panel and trim, to provide the vehicle body panel structure with both functions of heat insulation and heat dissipation, the heat insulation being located on the at least one surface, the heat insulation extending over a whole area extending from a first border that is about at the bottom of a door window opening to a second border that is in a width between 15 cm above and below a border line connecting respective points at which tangent lines on a front surface of the outer panel and the ground form 90 degree angles.