Pillar structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihiro IWANO
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Abstract
A pillar structure of a vehicle including a glass attachment surface configured to have a windshield of the vehicle or a rear window of the vehicle attached thereto, a side part outer surface configured to have an upper edge of the fender panel extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle connected thereto downwardly, a protruding corner portion configured to be provided to protrude to the fender panel along a pillar extending direction at a corner of a lower end on the side part outer surface on the glass attachment surface side such that an angle formed by a protruding direction and the upper edge of the fender panel is in a predetermined acute angle range in a side view, and a recess bead configured to be formed on the glass attachment surface along the protruding corner portion.
Claims2
A pillar structure to which a fender panel of a vehicle is connected, the pillar structure comprising:
- a glass attachment surface configured to have a windshield of the vehicle or a rear window of the vehicle attached thereto;
- a side part outer surface configured to be positioned in a side part on the glass attachment surface and, have an upper edge of the fender panel extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle connected thereto downwardly;
- a protruding corner portion configured to be provided to protrude to the fender panel along a pillar extending direction at a corner of a lower end on the side part outer surface on the glass attachment surface side such that an angle formed by a protruding direction and the upper edge of the fender panel is in a predetermined acute angle range in a side view;
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- a recess bead configured to be formed on the glass attachment surface along the protruding corner portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.