Vehicular side body structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakayuki Yamada, Yusuke Takayama
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Abstract
Side sill includes a side sill body formed of a steel plate, and a side sill reinforcing member formed by extruding an aluminum alloy and provided inside the side sill body. Reinforcing bracket formed by casting an aluminum alloy covers the outer surface of the side sill body. The reinforcing bracket has protruding portions projecting, through through-holes formed in the side sill body, generally toward the interior of the side sill to be fixed to portions of the side sill reinforcing member, so that the side sill reinforcing member is restrainedly held by the reinforcing bracket.
Claims8
A vehicular side body structure comprising:
- a side sill including a side sill body formed of a steel plate, and a side sill reinforcing member formed by extruding an aluminum alloy and disposed inside the side sill body;
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- a reinforcing bracket formed by casting an aluminum alloy, the reinforcing bracket covering an outer surface of the side sill body and fixedly attached to a portion of the outer surface of the side sill body,
- the side sill body having a through-hole formed therein, the reinforcing bracket having a protruding portion projecting, through the through-hole of the side sill body, generally toward an interior of the side sill to be fixed to a corner portion of the side sill reinforcing member, so that the side sill reinforcing member is restrainedly held by the reinforcing bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.