Vehicle pillar structure
There is provided a vehicle pillar structure including: a pillar-shaped component that forms a pillar; a pillar garnish that is disposed on a vehicle cabin side of the pillar-shaped component; and a supporting component that is provided between the pillar-shaped component and the pillar garnish and is capable of undergoing elastic deformation, and that supports one or a plurality of mounted components that have been mounted along the pillar-shaped component.
1. A vehicle pillar structure comprising:
a pillar-shaped component that forms a pillar;
a pillar garnish that is disposed on a vehicle cabin side of the pillar-shaped component; and
a supporting component that is provided between the pillar-shaped component and the pillar garnish and is capable of undergoing elastic deformation, and that supports one or a plurality of mounted components that have been mounted along the pillar-shaped component.
2. The vehicle pillar structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the pillar garnish is formed substantially in a U shape whose cross-section has an opening on a pillar-shaped component side thereof, the pillar garnish including:
protruding portions that are formed protruding from a rear surface of the pillar garnish, and
projecting portions that are formed on the protruding portions so as to protrude in a direction that intersects a direction faced by the openings; and
the supporting component has a holding portion that holds the protruding portions and the projecting portions.
3. The vehicle pillar structure according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting component comprises:
a first base portion on which are formed first fixing portions for fixing the pillar-shaped component;
a second base portion on which are formed second fixing portions for fixing the pillar-shaped component; and
a hinge portion that rotatably connects the second base portion to the first base portion.
4. The vehicle pillar structure according to claim 3 , wherein the first fixing portions and the second fixing portions are fixed to mutually different surfaces of the pillar-shaped component.
5. The vehicle pillar structure according to claim 3 , wherein a space bounded by the first base portion, the hinge portion, and the second base portion forms a housing portion in which one of the mounted components is housed.
6. The vehicle pillar structure according to claims 3 , wherein
the first fixing portions are hooks that are hooked inside through holes in the pillar-shaped component, and
the second fixing portions are clips that are anchored in fixing holes in the pillar-shaped component.
7. The vehicle pillar structure according to claims 1 , wherein the supporting component further comprises:
a plurality of tube portions that are formed extending along the pillar-shaped component.