Vehicle side body structure

Inventors: Tadashi Yamazaki (Hiroshima, JP); Takeshi Nakamura (Hiroshima, JP)

Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation

B62D21/157 B60J5/0429 B60J5/0455 B62D25/025 B62D25/04

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Patent No.: US 11,279,411
App. No.: 16/811,174
Granted: Mar 22, 2022
Kind: B2

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Abstract

To improve bending rigidity of a side sill against an inward load in a vehicle width direction during a lateral collision while suppressing a weight increase of the side sill, a vehicle side body structure includes: a side sill; a wheel house, a front lower portion; a center pillar; and a door formed to be opened at a position above the side sill and behind the center pillar. A rear portion of an impact bar provided to the door overlaps the rear portion of the side sill in side view when the door is closed. The side sill includes a reinforcing member reinforcing bending rigidity against an inward load. The side sill reinforcing member is provided in an intermediate portion of the side sill where the center pillar is located and the rear portion of the side sill in a longitudinal direction of the side sill.

Claims (55)

1. A vehicle side body structure comprising:

a side sill that has a closed cross-sectional structure extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction;

a wheel house, a front lower portion of which is raised from a rear portion of the side sill;

a center pillar that has a closed cross-sectional structure extending upward from an intermediate portion of the side sill; and

a door that opens and closes an opening formed to be opened at a position above the side sill and behind the center pillar, wherein

an impact bar provided to the door is disposed such that a rear portion thereof overlaps the rear portion of the side sill in a vehicle side view when the door is closed,

the side sill includes a side sill reinforcing member that reinforces bending rigidity against a load toward an inner side in a vehicle width direction, and

the side sill reinforcing member is at least provided in the intermediate portion of the side sill, in which the center pillar is located, and the rear portion of the side sill in a longitudinal direction of the side sill.

2. The vehicle side body structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a wheel house reinforcing member that extends upward from the rear portion of the side sill along the wheel house, wherein

the wheel house reinforcing member overlaps the side sill reinforcing member in or adjacent a region where a rear portion of the impact bar is located in the vehicle side view.

3. The vehicle side body structure according to claim 2 , wherein

the wheel house reinforcing member is joined to the side sill reinforcing member, and

the rear portion of the impact bar overlaps a joined portion between the wheel house reinforcing member and the side sill reinforcing member in the vehicle side view.

4. The vehicle side body structure according to claim 2 , wherein

the side sill reinforcing member and the wheel house reinforcing member have a ridgeline extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and a ridgeline extending in a vertical direction, respectively, and

the ridgeline extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and the ridgeline extending in the vertical direction are defined to continue in the vehicle side view.

5. The vehicle side body structure according to claim 3 , wherein

the ridgeline extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and the ridgeline extending in the vertical direction are defined to continue in the vehicle side view.

6. The vehicle side body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the impact bar overlaps the center pillar in the vehicle side view.

7. The vehicle side body structure according to claim 2 , wherein the impact bar overlaps the center pillar in the vehicle side view.

8. The vehicle side body structure according to claim 3 , wherein the impact bar overlaps the center pillar in the vehicle side view.

9. The vehicle side body structure according to claim 4 , wherein the impact bar overlaps the center pillar in the vehicle side view.

10. The vehicle side body structure according to claim 5 , wherein the impact bar overlaps the center pillar in the vehicle side view.

11. The vehicle side body structure according to claim 1 , wherein