Side vehicle-body structure of vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsDaisuke Kiyoshita, Toshiharu Ikeda, Ken Fujimoto
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Abstract
In a structure which comprises a hinge pillar at a side face portion of a vehicle, a front pillar connected to the hinge pillar, an apron member extending forward from a joint portion of the hinge pillar to the front pillar, and a hinge pillar reinforcement provided at the joint portion of the hinge pillar to the front pillar, a reinforcing member which connects a side face portion and an upper face portion of the hinge pillar reinforcement is provided, and a bead portion which interconnects the upper face portion and the side face portion of the hinge pillar reinforcement in a brace shape is provided and the reinforcing member.
Claims8
A side vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising:
- a hinge pillar provided at a side face portion of a vehicle body and extending in a vertical direction;
- a front pillar extending upward from an upper end portion of the hinge pillar;
- an apron member extending forward from a joint portion of the hinge pillar to the front pillar;
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- a pillar reinforcement provided at the joint portion of the hinge pillar to the front pillar,
- wherein said pillar reinforcement is formed in a roughly L shape by a side face portion extending vertically and an upper face portion extending toward a cabin side from an upper end of the side face portion, and a reinforcing member which connects said upper face portion and said side face portion of the pillar reinforcement is provided.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.