Vehicle body side structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKanji Kaneko, Jun Ito
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Abstract
A vehicle body side structure includes an outer panel which includes a side sill outer part and a center pillar outer part, a rear fender which is overlapped the outside of the outer panel, an inner panel which is mounted on the vehicle cabin side of the outer panel and a stiffener. The center pillar outer part includes an inclined part which is inclined backward and upward. The inner panel and the stiffener include an inner protrusion and a stiffener protrusion, respectively, which protrude backward and downward from the inclined part. A lower end of the rear fender is joined to the inner protrusion and the stiffener protrusion.
Claims11
A vehicle body side structure comprising:
- an outer panel that constitutes a design surface of a vehicle body side part and includes a side sill outer part and a center pillar outer part;
- a rear fender that constitutes a design surface on a rear side of the outer panel and is disposed to overlap the outside of the side sill outer part and the center pillar outer part;
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- an indoor panel which is connected to an inner side of the outer panel, the inner side being located on a vehicle cabin side of the outer panel, wherein
- the center pillar outer part includes an inclined part which is inclined backward and upward,
- the indoor panel includes a protrusion that protrudes backward and downward from the inclined part, and
- a lower end of the rear fender is joined to the protrusion of the indoor panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.