Title:
【発明の名称】車両のセンタピラー下方部の車体構造
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3335780
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A body structure of a motor vehicle includes a roof side rail, a side sill, a center pillar, a floor, a center tunnel and a doubler provided between the side sill and the center tunnel. The doubler has a flat closed cross section formed by the floor and a plurality of U-shaped channels and its lengthwise width is longer than that of the lower end of the center pillar. At the outer end of the doubler there are provided a pillar mating section and a side sill mating section. The doubler is connected by welds at the pillar mating section with the center pillar and at the side sill mating section with the side sill. The center pillar has a yieldable portion thereon and it can absorb an impact energy by bending itself. The center tunnel has a reinforcement panel reinforced from underneath.
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Inventors:
Toshio Masuda
Masayuki Homma
Masayuki Homma
Application Number:
JP23046594A
Publication Date:
October 21, 2002
Filing Date:
August 31, 1994
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.
International Classes:
B62D21/15; B62D25/04; B62D25/20; (IPC1-7): B62D25/04
Domestic Patent References:
| JP481887U | ||||
| JP63122176U |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Koji Ohfusa (1 person outside)