Vehicle body structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsShota Anegawa, Toshiaki Okabe, Jun Horiguchi
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Abstract
A vehicle body structure is configured in such a manner that a left center pillar is covered with a left pillar garnish and a left gusset is joined to the upper end of the left center pillar. The left center pillar is provided with a pillar bead protruding toward the outside of a vehicle compartment. The left gusset is provided with a gusset bead that protrudes toward the vehicle compartment along the pillar bead. The gusset bead and the pillar bead form a first closed cross-section. An engagement section that is insertable into a first opening of the first closed cross-section is provided at the upper end of the left pillar garnish.
Claims6
A vehicle body structure comprising:
- a pillar provided at a side portion of a vehicle body and extending in an up- down direction;
- a pillar garnish covering the pillar on a vehicle compartment side;
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- a gusset joined to an upper end portion of the pillar from the vehicle compartment side, wherein
- the pillar includes a pillar bead extending in the up-down direction and protruding toward the outside of the vehicle compartment,
- the gusset includes a gusset bead protruding toward the vehicle compartment along the pillar bead at a position overlapping the pillar bead in an inside-outside direction of the vehicle compartment and forming a first closed cross-section section together with the pillar bead, and
- the pillar garnish includes, at an upper end portion thereof, an engagement section engaged with the first closed cross-section section when being inserted into the inside of the first closed cross-section section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.