Vehicle body side part structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHitoshi Mizohata, Takayuki Yamada
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Abstract
A vehicle body side part structure includes a side outer panel, which includes a roof side rail outer and a center pillar outer. The roof side rail outer includes a downward extension part extending downward. The downward extension part includes a pair of flange parts located at a vehicle front side and a vehicle rear side of the downward extension part, a pair of side wall parts extending outward in a vehicle width direction from the flange parts, and an extended wall part located between the side wall parts and connecting the side wall parts to each other. In this structure, lower end parts of the side wall parts and a lower end part of the extended wall part extend downward in an up-down direction of the vehicle from lower end parts of the flange parts.
Claims16
A vehicle body side part structure comprising a side outer panel provided at an outer side of a vehicle body, wherein
- the side outer panel includes a roof side rail outer provided at an outer side of a roof, and a center pillar outer provided at an outer side of a center pillar;
- the roof side rail outer includes a downward extension part extending downward;
- the downward extension part includes a pair of flange parts located at a vehicle front side and a vehicle rear side of the downward extension part, respectively, a pair of side wall parts extending outward in a vehicle width direction from the pair of flange parts, respectively, and an extended wall part located between the pair of side wall parts and connecting the pair of side wall parts to each other;
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- lower end parts of the pair of side wall parts and a lower end part of the extended wall part extend downward in an up-down direction of the vehicle from lower end parts of the pair of flange parts, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.