US 8,523,273 B2Granted

Vehicle body structure

AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorKoji Yoshida

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Abstract

Provided is a vehicle body structure which can improve collision performance. The sub-side member 3 has a deformation cooperative movement portion 7 whose strength is made lower than the deformation suppressing portion 8 on the rear side, at a position ahead of a power unit EG. The sub-side member 3 easily deforms at a position ahead of the power unit EG when the load is applied. The sub-side member 3 can deform in synchronization with the deformation of the front side member 2, in a region ahead of the power unit EG with high strength and a relatively small number of disposition parts. Accordingly, the sub-side member 3 can absorb the load efficiently in cooperative movement with the front side member 2. Additionally, the sub-side member 3 is constructed so as to have a higher strength than the deformation cooperative movement portion 7, on the rear side of the deformation cooperative movement portion 7. Accordingly, the sub-side member 3 sufficiently transmits the load to a rear frame structure structure. Thereby, the load is distributed to the front side member 2 and the sub-side member 3.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle body structure comprising:

a pair of side members which extends in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle;
a pair of sub-side members juxtaposed below the pair of side members, respectively;
a power unit arranged at a position surrounded by the pair of side members and the pair of sub-side members;
and
a member which connects a front end portion of the side member and a front end portion of the sub-side member, and extends in an up-and-down direction,
wherein the sub-side member has, at a position ahead of the power unit with respect to load, a portion whose strength is made lower than a portion behind the position,
wherein the side member has a deformation promoting portion which promotes deformation of the side member at a position ahead of the power unit with respect to load,
wherein the member that extends in the up-and-down direction is arranged on the front side of the portion of the sub-side member whose strength is made low and of the deformation promoting portion in the side member,
wherein the sub-side member folds and deforms downward in the portion whose strength is made low at a position ahead of the power unit with respect to load when the load is applied,
wherein the portion whose strength is made lower than the portion behind the position includes an upper wall and two side walls,
wherein the portion behind the position includes an upper wall and two side walls,
wherein both upper walls are constituted by one rectangular plate,
wherein the two side walls extend perpendicularly upward or downward from the respective upper wall on both sides with both the portion whose strength is made lower than the portion behind the position and the portion behind the position,
wherein width of the two side walls of the portion whose strength is made lower than the portion behind the position in the up-and-down direction is smaller than that of the two side walls of the portion behind the position, and
wherein at a location where a small width of the side wall of the portion whose strength is made lower than the portion behind the position and a large width of the side wall of the portion behind the position with respect to load meet, a lower end is inclined toward the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle.

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A vehicle body structure comprising:

a pair of side members which extends in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle;
a pair of sub-side members juxtaposed below the pair of side members, respectively;
and
a member which connects a front end portion of the side member and a front end portion of the sub-side member, and extends in an up-and-down direction,
wherein the side member has a deformation promoting portion which promotes deformation on the front end side with respect to load,
wherein the sub-side member has a deformation cooperative movement portion which deforms with deformation of the deformation promoting portion,
wherein the strength of the sub-side member at the deformation cooperative movement portion is made lower than that of a portion behind of the deformation cooperative movement portion with respect to load,
wherein the member that extends in the up-and-down direction is arranged on the front side of the deformation cooperative movement portion in the sub-side member and of the deformation promoting portion in the side member,
wherein the sub-side member folds and deforms downward at the deformation cooperative movement portion when load is applied,
wherein the deformation cooperative movement portion includes an upper wall and two side walls,
wherein the portion behind of the deformation cooperative movement portion with respect to load includes an upper wall and two side walls,
wherein both upper walls are constituted by one rectangular plate,
wherein the two side walls extend perpendicularly upward or downward from the respective upper wall on both sides with both the deformation cooperative movement portion and the portion behind of the deformation cooperative movement portion with respect to load,
wherein width of the two side walls of the deformation cooperative movement portion in the up-and-down direction is smaller than that of the two side walls of the portion behind of the deformation cooperative movement portion with respect to load, and
wherein at a location where a small width of the side wall of the deformation cooperative movement portion and a large width of the side wall of the portion behind of the deformation cooperative movement portion with respect to load meet, a lower end is inclined toward the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.