Vehicle front pillar
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSuguru Yoshida
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Abstract
In a vehicle front pillar including inner and outer frame members joined into a substantial tubular shape, a fore portion of the inner frame member is oriented toward the front of the vehicle and has at least one bent portion formed thereon so as to serve as a shock absorbing section. Rear portion of the inner frame member is oriented toward the back of the vehicle and has a reinforcing member of a closed sectional structure attached thereto so as to serve as a high-rigidity section. The reinforcing member may have a circular or rectangular cross-sectional shape.
Claims5
A vehicle front pillar of a substantial tubular shape comprising:
- a fore half portion oriented toward a front of the vehicle and having at least one bent portion formed thereon so as to serve as a shock absorbing section of said vehicle front pillar;
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- a rear half portion oriented toward a back of the vehicle and having a reinforcing member of a closed sectional structure attached thereto so as to serve as a high-rigidity section of said vehicle front pillar.
A vehicle front pillar of a substantial tubular shape comprising:
- a fore half portion oriented toward a front of the vehicle and formed into a thin wall structure so as to serve as a shock absorbing section of said vehicle front pillar for absorbing an impact force applied from ahead of the vehicle;
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- a rear half portion oriented toward a back of the vehicle and formed into a thick-wall closed sectional structure so as to serve as a high-rigidity section of said vehicle front pillar.
A vehicle front pillar of a substantial tubular shape comprising:
- inner and outer frame members, said inner frame member including:
- a fore half portion oriented toward a front of the vehicle and formed into a thin wall structure so as to serve as a shock absorbing section of said vehicle front pillar for absorbing an impact force applied from ahead of the vehicle;
- and a rear half portion oriented toward a back of the vehicle and formed into a thick-wall closed sectional structure so as to serve as a high-rigidity section of said vehicle front pillar;
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- an interior reinforcing stiffener fixed between said inner and outer frame members and extending between fore and rear ends of said inner and outer frame members, said stiffener having at least one bent portion to provide an additional shock absorbing section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.