Vehicle body side portion structure
First Claim
1. A vehicle body side portion structure in which a roof side rail provided at a side portion of a roof and a side sill provided at a side portion of a floor are connected by a center pillar, wherein:
- the center pillar includes an upper pillar section having an upper end joined to the roof side rail and a lower pillar section having a lower end joined to the side sill;
the upper pillar section is formed as a hollow metallic pipe which comprises a high-strength steel plate, has a substantially constant cross-sectional shape, and is convexly curved outwardly in a vehicle width direction;
the lower pillar section is formed by two pressed components which are respectively formed from steel plate having a lower strength than the steel plate of the upper pillar section, and which are joined to each other in the vehicle width direction to define a hollow receptacle having a closed cross-sectional shape; and
a lower edge part of the upper pillar section is inserted within the hollow receptacle of the lower pillar section.
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Abstract
In a vehicle body side portion structure, a center pillar includes an upper pillar section joined to a roof side rail and a lower pillar section joined to a side sill, the upper pillar section including a metallic pipe having a high-strength steel plate, has a substantially constant cross-sectional shape, and is convexly curved outwardly in a vehicle width direction, the lower pillar section is formed by two pressed components including a steel plate having lower strength than the steel plate of the hollow metallic pipe of the upper pillar section and are joined to each other into a closed cross-sectional shape, and the upper pillar section is joined to the two pressed components such that the lower edge part of the upper pillar section is inserted within a section configured by the two pressed components of the lower pillar section and having the closed cross-sectional shape.
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19 Claims
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1. A vehicle body side portion structure in which a roof side rail provided at a side portion of a roof and a side sill provided at a side portion of a floor are connected by a center pillar, wherein:
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the center pillar includes an upper pillar section having an upper end joined to the roof side rail and a lower pillar section having a lower end joined to the side sill; the upper pillar section is formed as a hollow metallic pipe which comprises a high-strength steel plate, has a substantially constant cross-sectional shape, and is convexly curved outwardly in a vehicle width direction; the lower pillar section is formed by two pressed components which are respectively formed from steel plate having a lower strength than the steel plate of the upper pillar section, and which are joined to each other in the vehicle width direction to define a hollow receptacle having a closed cross-sectional shape; and a lower edge part of the upper pillar section is inserted within the hollow receptacle of the lower pillar section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A vehicle body side portion structure in which a roof side rail provided at a side portion of a roof, and a side sill provided at a side portion of a floor are connected by a center pillar, wherein:
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the center pillar includes an upper pillar section having an upper end joined to the roof side rail and a lower pillar section having a lower end joined to the side sill; the upper pillar section is formed as a hollow metallic pipe formed from a high-strength steel plate, has a substantially constant closed cross-sectional shape, and is bent so as to be convexly curved outwardly in a vehicle width direction; the lower pillar section is formed by two joined components which are steel plates having a lower strength than the steel plate of the hollow metallic pipe of the upper pillar section, and are joined to each other in the vehicle width direction so as to form a hollow receptacle having a closed cross-sectional shape; and a lower edge part of the upper pillar section is inserted inside of the hollow receptacle of the lower pillar section, and in at least part of the hollow receptacle, the lower pillar section completely surrounds and encloses the lower edge part of the upper pillar section. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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