VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE

• US 20180178742A1
• Filed: 12/22/2017
• Published: 06/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: HOJO, Akira, HAYASHI, Ryohei, SEKIGUCHI, Tomohide, AIZAWA, Teruaki, TSUJI, Keiichiro
• Granted Patent: US 10,442,378 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 19/023 Details
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 19/26 comprising yieldable mounting means B60R19/38 takes precedence; springs, shock absorbers, or means for damping vibrations per se F16F
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 19/34 destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle body structure which does not require a specification for attaching an elongated member to the vehicle body frame when attaching the elongated member and does not require time and effort for attaching the elongated member. The vehicle body structure includes a bumper beam, an extension member disposed between the bumper beam and a vehicle body frame and having a space therein, and an elongated member disposed in the space and absorbing an impact received from the bumper beam side. One end of the elongated member is connected to the bumper beam, and the other end thereof is connected to the extension member.

Claims

1. A vehicle body structure comprising:

a bumper beam;

an extension member disposed between the bumper beam and a vehicle body frame and having a space therein, and

an elongated member disposed in the space and absorbing an impact received from the bumper beam side, wherein

one end of the elongated member is connected to the bumper beam, and the other end thereof is connected to the extension member.

2. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1, wherein the bumper beam has a rotational degree of freedom with a vertical direction as a rotation axis with respect to the extension member.

3. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1, wherein

in the elongated member, one of a bumper beam side portion thereof and an extension member side portion thereof is curved convexly inwardly of a vehicle and the other of them is curved convexly outwardly of the vehicle in a top view.

4. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1, wherein

a connection between the elongated member and the extension member is in a front-rear direction of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1, wherein

a backplate forming a wall on a vehicle body rear side of the extension member is fastened to the vehicle body frame at three or more fastening points, and

a connection position of the elongated member with the extension member is in a polygonal region connecting three or more fastening points of the back plate.

6. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1, wherein the elongated member is connected with the extension member by fastening a T-shaped projection provided at an end of the elongated member to the extension member.