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US 9,308,941 B2Granted
Vehicle body side portion structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYutaka Kanaguchi, Youichirou Suzuki
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AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYutaka Kanaguchi, Youichirou Suzuki
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In a vehicle body side portion structure, a center pillar includes an upper pillar section joined to a roof side rail and a lower pillar section joined to a side sill, the upper pillar section including a metallic pipe having a high-strength steel plate, has a substantially constant cross-sectional shape, and is convexly curved outwardly in a vehicle width direction, the lower pillar section is formed by two pressed components including a steel plate having lower strength than the steel plate of the hollow metallic pipe of the upper pillar section and are joined to each other into a closed cross-sectional shape, and the upper pillar section is joined to the two pressed components such that the lower edge part of the upper pillar section is inserted within a section configured by the two pressed components of the lower pillar section and having the closed cross-sectional shape.
A vehicle body side portion structure in which a roof side rail provided at a side portion of a roof and a side sill provided at a side portion of a floor are connected by a center pillar, wherein:
A vehicle body side portion structure in which a roof side rail provided at a side portion of a roof, and a side sill provided at a side portion of a floor are connected by a center pillar, wherein:
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Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for: door pillars ; windshield pillars
Having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body: for…
In connection with other superstructure subunits: the subunits being side panels, sills or pillars
Rigid: assembly of structural joints
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This invention relates to a vehicle body side portion structure of a vehicle including a center pillar.
Priority is claimed on Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-257945 filed on Nov. 25, 2011, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
In a vehicle having side doors at the fore and the rear, a center pillar connects a roof side rail and a side sill.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a skeleton of a vehicle body side portion of an embodiment according to this invention, looking from the upper inside in a vehicle width direction.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the skeleton of the vehicle body side portion, looking from the upper outside in the vehicle width direction.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the skeleton of the vehicle body side portion, looking from the upper inside in the vehicle width direction.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of this invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view that shows mainly a skeleton section of a side portion of a vehicle 1 according to this embodiment.
The vehicle 1 of this embodiment is provided with door openings 2 and 3 at the fore and the rear of the vehicle side portion. A side portion of a roof section is provided with a roof side rail 4 which is a skeleton member that extends in the vehicle body front-to-rear direction, and a side portion of a floor section is similarly provided with a side sill 5 which is a skeleton member that extends in the vehicle body front-to-rear direction. The roof side rail 4 and the side sill 5 are connected by a center pillar substantially at the center of the vehicle body in the front-to-rear direction.