Side vehicle-body structure of vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsTomohiro Komaji, Yoshihiko Horita
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Abstract
A side vehicle-body structure of a vehicle capable of efficiently absorbing side collision energy while downsizing an energy absorbing material. The side vehicle-body structure includes a center pillar in which a lower end side is positioned on a vehicle-width-direction outer side with respect to an upper end thereof. The center pillar includes a breakage inducing portion that is provided to be close to a lower portion of an outer wall of the center pillar and induces breakage at time of a side collision, and a step-down portion provided in a corner portion of a center pillar outer wall of the breakage inducing portion. An energy absorbing material is disposed between the step-down portion 3 and an inner panel.
Claims11
A side vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, the side vehicle-body structure comprising:
- a center pillar in which a lower end side is positioned on a vehicle-width-direction outer side with respect to an upper end thereof, the center pillar includes:
- a breakage inducing portion that is provided to be close to a lower portion of an outer wall of the center pillar and induces breakage at time of a side collision;
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- a step-down portion provided in a corner portion of a center pillar outer wall of the breakage inducing portion, and
- an energy absorbing material is disposed between the step-down portion and an inner panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.