| abstract |
A tailored blank product used for partitioning a space into an inside and an outside such as a dashboard panel for partitioning a body into an engine room and a cabin and a method of manufacturing the product; the method, comprising the steps of pressing a thick plate blank and a thin plate blank after being welded by a mash seam welding or a laser beam welding, bending the thin plate blank until the inner surface of the thin plate blank becomes flush or generally flush with the inner surface of the thick plate blank, connecting a connection part having a part across a weld part to at least one of the outer and inner surfaces of the tailored blank product formed of the thick plate blank and thin plate blank, and painting the entire surface of the tailored product including the connection part, wherein the connection of the connection part to the tailored blank product performed before painting is performed with a portion of the product corresponding to the weld part of the connection part separated from the weld part, whereby a coating film can be formed surely on the welded part. |