Method of repairing a vehicle body, method of calculating amount of a repair work, and sheet for repairing vehicle body

• US 20020022897A1
• Filed: 07/23/2001
• Published: 02/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tateo Uegaki
• Original Assignee: Dukeplanning & Co., Inc.
• Inventors: Uegaki, Tateo
• Granted Patent: US 6,574,519 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/90
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 1/06 Removing local distortions
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49748 by shaping, e.g., bending, extruding, turning, etc.
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49778 with aligning, guiding, or instruction
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/4981 Utilizing transitory attached element or associated separate material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/216 Ornamental, decorative, pattern, or indicia
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24008 including fastener for attaching to external surface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24802 Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of repairing the damage of the outside plate panel of a vehicle, a method of calculating the amount of a repair work and a tool used for repairing the damage of the outside plate panel of a vehicle. A method of repairing the damage of a panel of a vehicle body according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) marking points at a damaged part of the vehicle panel, the points being distributed from the central part to the outer edge parts of the damaged part; and (b) pulling out the marked panel at the points successively from the outer points to the inner points of the points. Further, a method of calculating the amount of a repair work of a vehicle body according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (c) marking pulling-out points of a damaged part at prescribed intervals in the damaged part of the panel of the vehicle body; (d) counting the number of points marked in the step (c); and (e) calculating the amount of a repair work in the damaged part of the vehicle body by multiplying the points counted in the step (d) by prescribed time or a prescribed area. Still further, a sheet for a repair work of a vehicle body comprises points distributed by providing a central part as an origin or a cardinal point and area display parts for dividing stepwise the respective points into a plurality of areas from the central part toward outer parts. The respective points indicate pulling-out work positions and the respective areas divided by the area display parts indicate the sequence of pulling-out works. According to the present invention, the damaged part of the outside plate panel of a vehicle may be liable to be repaired in a short time.

Claims

1. A method of repairing the damage of a panel of a vehicle body comprising the steps of:

(a) marking points at a damaged part of the panel, said points being distributed in a range from the central part to the outer edge parts of the damaged part; and

(b) pulling out the panel at the marked points successively from the outer points to the inner points of said points.

2. A method of repairing the damage of a panel of a vehicle body according to claim 1, wherein each of said points belongs to any of a plurality of areas extending stepwise from the central part to the outer edge parts of the damaged part in said step (a) and, after the panel is pulled out at the respective points of the outer areas, the panel is pulled out in the respective points of the inner areas in said step(b).

3. A method of repairing the damage of a panel of a vehicle body according to claim 2, wherein each of said points is located within a prescribed distance from the boundary of the respective areas in said step (a).

4. A method of repairing the damage of a panel of a vehicle body according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the points are divided into first points essentially requiring a pulling-out work and second points requiring a supplementary pulling-out work in said step (a).

5. A method of repairing the damage of a panel of a vehicle body according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising the step of (c) stripping a coat film in each point between said steps (a) and (b).

6. A method of repairing the damage of a panel of a vehicle body further comprising the steps of:

(d) marking points at a damaged part of the panel, ranging from the deepest part to the shallowest part of the damaged part of the panel; and

(e) pulling out the panel at the points successively from the shallowest point to the deepest point of the points.

7. A method of calculating the amount of a repair work of a vehicle body in which time necessary for a repair work of a vehicle body is calculated, said method comprising the steps of:

(f) marking pulling-out points of a damaged part at prescribed intervals in the damaged part of the panel of the vehicle body;

(g) counting the number of points marked in said step (f); and

(h) calculating time necessary for a repair work in the damaged part by multiplying the points counted in said step (g) by prescribed time.

8. A method of calculating the amount of a repair work of a vehicle body in which a work area for repairing the vehicle body is calculated, said method comprising the steps of:

(i) marking pulling-out points of a damaged part at prescribed intervals in the damaged part of a panel;

(j) counting the number of points marked in said step (i); and

(k) calculating the work area for the repair work in the damaged part of the vehicle body by multiplying the points counted in said step (j) by a prescribed area.

9. A sheet for repairing the damage of a panel of a vehicle comprising:

points distributed by providing a central part as an origin or a cardinal point; and

area display parts for dividing stepwise the points into a plurality of areas from the central part toward outer parts, wherein said respective points indicate pulling-out work positions and the respective areas divided by said area display parts indicate the sequence of pulling-out works.

10. A sheet for a vehicle body repair work according to claim 9, wherein each point is located within a prescribed distance from the boundary of the respective areas.

11. A sheet for a vehicle body repair work according to claim 9, wherein each boundary is formed by a broken line.

12. A sheet for a vehicle body repair work according to claim 9, wherein said sheet is transparent or translucent.

13. A sheet for a vehicle body repair work according to claim 9, wherein said sheet is provided with fixing means for fixing said sheet to the panel of a vehicle body.