Vehicle front pillar
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSuguru Yoshida
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Abstract
In a vehicle front pillar including inner and outer frame members joined into a substantial tubular shape, a fore portion of the inner frame member is oriented toward the front of the vehicle and has at least one bent portion formed thereon so as to serve as a shock absorbing section. Rear portion of the inner frame member is oriented toward the back of the vehicle and has a reinforcing member of a closed sectional structure attached thereto so as to serve as a high-rigidity section. The reinforcing member may have a circular or rectangular cross-sectional shape.
Claims19
A vehicle front pillar comprising:
- a fore half portion oriented toward a front of the vehicle and having at least one bent portion formed thereon so as to serve as a shock absorbing section of said vehicle front pillar;
- and
- a rear half portion oriented toward a back of the vehicle and having a reinforcing member of a closed sectional structure attached thereto so as to serve as a high-rigidity section of said vehicle front pillar,
- wherein said at least one bent portion is spaced forward from said reinforcing member in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and during collision, said fore half portion is deformed and said at least one bent portion is further bent by an impact force of the collision to thereby absorb the impact force, and wherein the reinforcing member does not extend substantially along the fore half portion.
A vehicle front pillar of a substantial tubular shape comprising:
- a fore half portion oriented toward a front of the vehicle and having at least one bent portion formed thereon so as to as a shock absorbing section of said vehicle front pillar;
- and
- a rear half portion oriented toward a back of the vehicle and having a reinforcing member of a closed sectional structure attached thereto so as to serve as a high-rigidity section of said vehicle front pillar,
- wherein said at least one bent portion is spaced forward from said reinforcing member in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and during collision, said fore half portion is deformed and said at least one bent portion is further bent by an impact force of the collision to thereby absorb the impact force,
- wherein said at least one bent portion comprises a first bent portion and a second bent portion, and
- wherein the reinforcing member does not extend substantially along the fore half portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.