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US 9,517,798 B2Granted
Vehicle body structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuhide Matsuo, Hiroyuki Koike, Takashi Sasaki
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Abstract
There is provided a vehicle body structure including an upper section that is integrally casted using a non-ferrous metal material, that includes a transmission section to which an external force is transmitted and a join section extending out from the transmission section, a connection section that is formed using a steel material, and that is joined to the join section by riveting, and a member section that is formed using a steel material, and that is joined to the connection section by welding.
Claims2
A vehicle body structure comprising:
- an upper section that is integrally casted using a non-ferrous metal material, that includes a transmission section to which an external force is transmitted and a join section extending out from the transmission section;
- a connection section that is formed using a steel material, and that is joined to the join section by riveting;
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- a member section that is formed using a steel material, and that is joined to the connection section by welding,
- wherein a second moment of area with respect to a vehicle front-rear direction axis of a cross-section of the join section, taken along the vehicle front-rear direction and the vehicle up-down direction, decreases on progression toward the vehicle width direction inside.
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