Vehicle body structure of convertible vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomohiro Sakurai, Kenya Fujimoto, Satoshi Ogawa
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Abstract
A reinforcement extending in the front-back direction of a vehicle and connecting a rear side member and a center pillar is provided. The reinforcement includes a gusset, an intermediate connecting member, and a pillar-side member. The gusset is connected to the rear side member, and the front end portion of the gusset is connected to the rear surface of the intermediate connecting member. The front surface of the intermediate connecting member is connected to the rear end portion of the pillar-side member. The pillar-side member is connected to the center pillar.
Claims12
A vehicle body structure of a convertible vehicle, comprising:
- a reinforcement extending in a front-back direction of a vehicle, for connecting a rear side member and a center pillar above a rocker, wherein
- an upper end of the rear side member is located further downward with respect to a lower end of the center pillar, and
- a front end portion of the reinforcement contacts the center pillar and is connected to the center pillar.
A vehicle body structure of a convertible vehicle, comprising a reinforcement extending in a front-back direction of a vehicle, for connecting a rear side member and a center pillar above a rocker, wherein
- the reinforcement is separable from the center pillar, and the reinforcement includes
- a gusset connected to the rear side member,
- a pillar-side member connected to the center pillar, and
- an intermediate connecting member disposed between the gusset and the pillar-side member in the front-back direction of the vehicle and connected to the gusset and the pillar-side member, wherein a front end of the gusset is in contact with a rear end of the intermediate connecting member, and
- along the front-back direction of the vehicle, the gusset is located further rearward with respect to the pillar-side member.
A vehicle body structure of a convertible vehicle, comprising a reinforcement extending in a front-back direction of a vehicle, for connecting a rear side member and a center pillar above a rocker, wherein
- the reinforcement includes
- a gusset connected to the rear side member,
- a pillar-side member connected to the center pillar, and
- an intermediate connecting member disposed between the gusset and the pillar-side member in the front-back direction of the vehicle and connected to the gusset and the pillar-side member,
- the gusset, the intermediate connecting member, and the pillar-side member respectively have wall portions extending in the front-back direction of the vehicle, and
- the wall portion of the gusset, the wall portion of the intermediate connecting member, and the wall portion of the pillar-side member serially extend in the front-back direction of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.