Vehicular center pillar and vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi Yao
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Abstract
A vehicular center pillar with improved proof stress against loads input from above a vehicle includes a pillar body that extends in a vertical direction of the vehicle and has flanges, formed on the front and rear sides of the pillar body, that extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a reinforcing member that connects the front flange to the rear flange. The reinforcing member includes a predetermined connection portion that rectilinearly connects the front flange to the rear flange in the longitudinal direction.
Claims9
A vehicular center pillar that extends in a vertical direction of a vehicle, the vehicular center pillar comprising:
- a pillar body that has flanges on front and rear sides thereof in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle respectively;
- a reinforcing member including a first mounting hole disposed in an upper portion of the reinforcing member, a second mounting hole disposed in a lower portion of the reinforcing member, a predetermined connection portion that rectilinearly connects the front flange to the rear flange along a virtual straight line that couples the front flange and the rear flange to each other, and a protrusion that protrudes in a vehicle width direction at a position different from the predetermined connection portion in the vertical direction;
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- a seatbelt anchor attached to the reinforcing member through the first and second mounting holes,
- wherein the entire predetermined connection portion is disposed above a lower end of a window frame and below the seatbelt anchor in the vertical direction, and the predetermined connection portion is located near the lower end of the window frame.
A vehicular center pillar that extends in a vertical direction of a vehicle, the vehicular center pillar comprising:
- a pillar body that has flanges on front and rear sides thereof in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle respectively;
- a reinforcing member comprising:
- a first portion including a first mounting hole disposed therein;
- a second portion including a protrusion that protrudes in a vehicle width direction and a second mounting hole disposed therein;
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- a third portion including a predetermined connection portion that rectilinearly connects the front flange to the rear flange along a virtual straight line that couples the front flange and the rear flange to each other;
- and
- a seatbelt anchor attached to the reinforcing member through the first and second mounting holes,
- wherein the entire predetermined connection portion is disposed above a lower end of a window frame in the vertical direction and located near the lower end of the window frame, and
- wherein the first portion is formed at an upper end of the reinforcing member, the third portion is formed at a lower end of the reinforcing member, and the second portion is formed on the reinforcing member between the first and third portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.