US 2023/0067279 A1Published application

Side vehicle-body structure of vehicle

AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation

InventorsShuji MURAOKA, Kosuke NAGATOMO

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Abstract

There are provided a side panel constituting a vehicle side face at a higher level than a damper attachment portion suspending a rear wheel, a retractor fixed to a cabin-inside face of the side panel, a frame member forming a closed-cross section extending vertically in corporation with the side panel, and a reinforcing member fixed to the side panel. The reinforcing member comprises a retractor attachment portion to attach the retractor, a gusset portion to partition the closed-cross section of a C pillar reinforcement vertically, and a vibration-damping joint portion joined to the side panel via a vibration-damping material. Herein, the reinforcing member is formed integrally by a member which is configured to be continuous over a range of the retractor attachment portion, the gusset portion and the vibration-damping joint portion.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A side vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising:

a rear suspension suspending a rear wheel;
a side panel constituting a side face of the vehicle at a higher level than a rear-suspension attachment portion to attach the rear suspension to the vehicle;
a seatbelt retractor attached to a cabin-inside face of the side panel;
a frame member forming a closed-cross section extending vertically in corporation with the side panel;
and
a reinforcing member attached to the side panel,
wherein said reinforcing member comprises a retractor attachment portion to attach said seatbelt retractor, a gusset portion to partition the closed-cross section of said frame member vertically, and a vibration-damping joint portion joined to said side panel via a vibration-damping material, and
said reinforcing member is formed integrally by a member which is configured to be continuous over a range of said retractor attachment portion, said gusset portion and said vibration-damping joint portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/835,212Filed 8 Jun 2022
Priority: JP 2021-13888927 Aug 2021
Published: 2 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

B60R 22/24
Anchoring devices: secured to the side, door, or roof of the vehicle
B60R 22/34
Safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles: belt retractors, e.g. reels
B62D 21/11
Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted: with resilient means for suspension , e.g. of wheels or engine;…
B62D 25/02
Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for: side panels

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