Vehicle body structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorMasahiko Emura
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Abstract
A side sill is configured from a side sill outer element comprising an outer upper wall, outer lower wall, an outer side wall, an outer upper flange and an outer lower flange, and from a side sill inner element comprising an inner upper wall, an inner lower wall, an inner side wall, an inner upper flange and an inner lower flange. On the lower end, a pillar has a joint portion held between and joined to the outer upper flange and the inner upper flange, and a first extension part and a second extension part extending from the joint portion into the closed section of the side sill, and includes an extension, the top end of which is joined to the first extension part and/or the second extension part and the bottom end of which is held between and joined to the outer lower flange and the inner lower flange.
Claims8
A vehicle body structure which includes,
- a side sill extending on a side of a vehicle body in a front-rear direction, and
- a pillar having a lower end joined to the side sill and extending upward;
- wherein
- the side sill comprises:
- a side-sill outer which is formed, to have a hat-like cross section, by,
- a pair of an outer upper wall and an outer lower wall which face each other,
- an outer side wall which extends to outer ends, in a vehicle-width direction, of the outer upper wall and the outer lower wall,
- an outer upper flange which extends upward from an inner end, in the vehicle-width direction, of the outer upper wall, and
- an outer lower flange which extends downward from an inner end, in the vehicle-width direction, of the outer lower wall;
- and
- a side-sill inner which is formed, to have a hat-like cross section, by,
- a pair of an inner upper wall and an inner lower wall which face each other,
- an inner side wall which extends to inner ends, in the vehicle-width direction, of the inner upper wall and the inner lower wall,
- an inner upper flange which extends upward from an outer end, in the vehicle-width direction, of the inner upper wall, and
- an inner lower flange which extends downward from an outer end, in the vehicle-width direction, of the inner lower wall;
- wherein the outer upper flange and the inner upper flange are joined and the outer lower flange and the inner lower flange are joined so as to form a closed cross section;
- the pillar comprises:
- a joined portion located in a lower end portion of the pillar, and sandwiched and joined between the outer upper flange and the inner upper flange;
- a first extended portion and a second extended portion which extend in the closed cross section of the side sill from the joined portion, and are arranged at a predetermined distance from each other in the front-rear direction;
- and
- an extension which has an upper end joined to at least one of the first extended portion and the second extended portion, and a lower end sandwiched and joined between the outer lower flange and the inner lower flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.