Side body structure of automotive vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorNoboru Yoshii
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Abstract
A side body structure of a vehicle includes a side sill and a roof side rail, both of which extend in a lengthwise direction of a vehicle body, and front and center pillars which extend between and connect the side sill and the roof side rail so as to define a generally rectangular front door opening in the side body. The side body structure is reinforced by a sill reinforcement extending in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle, inside of the side sill, and pillar reinforcements extending between the side sill and the roof side rail, inside the front pillar and the center pillar, respectively. The sill reinforcement is secured, at its front end, to the front pillar reinforcement and, at its rear end, to the center pillar reinforcement.
Claims12
In a side body structure of a vehicle body including a side sill and a roof side rail, both of which extend in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle body, and front and center pillars which extend between and connect the side sill and the roof side rail so as to define a generally rectangular front door opening in the vehicle body, the improvement comprising:
- a sill reinforcement extending in said lengthwise direction inside said side sill;
- a front pillar reinforcement disposed inside the front pillar and connected at one end to said side sill and connected to the roof side rail at its other end;
- a center pillar reinforcement disposed inside the center pillar connected at one end to said side sill and connected at its other end to the roof side rail;
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- securing means for securing said sill reinforcement at its front end to said front pillar reinforcement and at its rear end to said center pillar reinforcement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.