BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE HAVING SIDE-COLLISION DETECTION SENSOR
First Claim
1. A body structure having a side-collision detection sensor configured to include:
- a side door that opens and closes a door open portion in a vehicle body side portion;
a rocker disposed along a vehicle anteroposterior direction on a lower edge of the door open portion; and
a pillar that rises toward a vehicle upper side from a predetermined position in a longitudinal direction of the rocker, with a side-collision detection sensor that detects a side-collision state from an acceleration being attached at a predetermined position on a lower portion of the pillar,wherein a impact transmission member that projects a predetermined length in a vehicle width direction and transmits impact during a side-collision to the side-collision detection sensor is disposed on at least one of a vehicle width direction outer side of a site corresponding to a side region of a seated passenger in the longitudinal direction of the rocker and an inner side of an outer cover member that covers an outer side portion of the rocker.
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Abstract
A body structure of a vehicle reliably detects, with a side-collision detection sensor disposed on a pillar, a side-collision of a side door of a vehicle body against a pole and particularly a side-collision against a pole in a diagonal direction. A metal bracket that projects toward a vehicle width direction outer side is disposed on an outer side surface in a predetermined position (substantially intermediate position between a front pillar and a center pillar) of a rocker. By setting this metal bracket on the outer side of the rocker, in addition to an impact beam disposed inside a door, an acceleration (sensor G) transmitted to the side-collision detection sensor disposed inside the center pillar increases during a side-collision against a pole in a diagonal direction, so the side-collision state can be reliably and rapidly detected even at a position distant from the center pillar.
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20 Claims
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1. A body structure having a side-collision detection sensor configured to include:
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a side door that opens and closes a door open portion in a vehicle body side portion; a rocker disposed along a vehicle anteroposterior direction on a lower edge of the door open portion; and a pillar that rises toward a vehicle upper side from a predetermined position in a longitudinal direction of the rocker, with a side-collision detection sensor that detects a side-collision state from an acceleration being attached at a predetermined position on a lower portion of the pillar, wherein a impact transmission member that projects a predetermined length in a vehicle width direction and transmits impact during a side-collision to the side-collision detection sensor is disposed on at least one of a vehicle width direction outer side of a site corresponding to a side region of a seated passenger in the longitudinal direction of the rocker and an inner side of an outer cover member that covers an outer side portion of the rocker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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