# US 12,005,965 B2 · Body structure for vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,005,965 B2 - Document ID: US12005965B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/784,020 - Filed: 2020-11-24 - Published: 2023-01-26 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-20 - Assignees: Mazda Motor Corporation - Applicants: Mazda Motor Corporation - Inventors: Yuji Miyoshi; Kohya Nakagawa; Tomoya Yoshida; Koki Kagimoto; Shinichi Ohshima - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12005965B2 ## CPC - B62D 25/04: Door pillars {; windshield pillars} - B62D 27/026: {Connections by glue bonding (in general F16B11/00; processes C09J5/00)} - B62D 25/025: {Side sills thereof} - B62D 25/2009: {in connection with other superstructure subunits} - B62D 27/023: {Assembly of structural joints} - F16F 15/00: Suppression of vibrations in systems ({damping of non-rotary systems using inertia effect F16F7/10; prevention or isolation of vibrations in machine tools B23Q11/0032; suppression of driveline vibrations in hybrid vehicle transmissions B60W30/20} ; vehicle seat suspension devices B60N2/50; {methods or devices for protecting against, or damping of, acoustic waves, e.g. sound G10K11/16}); Means or arrangements for avoiding or reducing out-of-balance forces, e.g. due to motion ({vibration absorbing or balancing means for aircraft propellers B64C11/008, for rotorcraft rotors B64C27/001} ; testing static and dynamic balance of machines or structures G01M1/00) - F16F 15/02: Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating systems; Suppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating systems ({F16F15/005 takes precedence } ; layered products B32B; suppression of vibration in ships B63; {relieving load on bearings, using magnetic means F16C39/06}) - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - F16F: SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a body structure for a vehicle capable of improving a vibration damping effect by a damping member while preventing an increase in an application amount of the damping member and a shape change of a component. Embodiments include a body structure for a vehicle in which a first bonded surface of a first body component and a second bonded surface of a second body component are bonded via a damping member, with which a portion between the first bonded surface and the second bonded surface is filled. The first bonded surface of the first body component has a vertical wall extending toward the second bonded surface or away from the second bonded surface. The portion between the first bonded surface and the second bonded surface is filled with the damping member such that the damping member contacts the vertical wall. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A body structure for a vehicle, the body structure comprising a first body component having a first bonded surface; and a second body component having a second bonded surface opposing the first bonded surface, wherein the first bonded surface and the second bonded surface are bonded via a damping member with which a portion between the first bonded surface and the second bonded surface is filled, the first bonded surface has a vertical wall that extends in a direction separating from the second bonded surface, the portion between the first bonded surface and the second bonded surface is filled with the damping member such that the damping member contacts the vertical wall, the first bonded surface has a recessed section that is recessed in the direction separating from the second bonded surface, the recessed section comprising a circumferential wall having a closed shape and a top wall that closes an opening edge of the circumferential wall and extends along the second bonded surface, the vertical wall is an inner circumferential surface of the circumferential wall and continues in a circumferential direction of the recessed section, and the recessed section is filled with the damping member, which contacts the vertical wall. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The body structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the first body component has a plate-shaped member, a surface of which on one side serves as the first bonded surface, and the plate-shaped member has a projected section, a surface of which on the one side is recessed and a surface of which on another side is projected, and the recessed section is thereby formed in the first bonded surface by the projected section. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The body structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the recessed section has a shape, an aspect ratio of which falls within a range of 0.5 to 2.0 when seen in a normal direction of the first bonded surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The body structure for a vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the recessed section has a circular shape when seen in the normal direction of the first bonded surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The body structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the vertical wall is inclined at 16 to 100 degrees with respect to the first bonded surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The body structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the damping member is viscoelastic. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The body structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the damping member has a loss factor of 0.2 or higher and a storage modulus of 100 MPa or higher under conditions of 20° C. and 60 Hz. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The body structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein one of the first body component and the second body component is a joint member having a flat surface section, the other of the first body component and the second body component is a hollow member having an inner circumferential surface with a space section in which the joint member can be inserted, and a portion between the flat surface section and the inner circumferential surface as the first bonded surface and the second bonded surface is filled with the damping member such that the damping member contacts the vertical wall. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The body structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the first body component has a hat cross-sectional shape having a brim section as the first bonded surface, the second body component has a flat surface as the second bonded surface that is made to overlap the brim section via the damping member, and the vertical wall is disposed in the brim section. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The body structure for a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the recessed section has a shape, an aspect ratio of which falls within a range of 0.5 to 2.0 when seen in a normal direction of the first bonded surface.