IP Library Granted Patent US 12,528,545
Granted Patent B2
US 12,528,545 · App. 18/165,638 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Vehicle body structural member

Inventor: Masaharu Noguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
B62D29/043B62D21/157B62D25/04
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Patent No.
US 12,528,545
App. No.
18/165,638
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body structural member is formed from a fiber-reinforced resin composite. The vehicle body structural member includes a break scheduled part. The break scheduled part is provided on a load input surface to which a collision load is expected to be input. The break scheduled part is configured to, when the collision load is input, undergo a brittle fracture and divide the load input surface into a first region and a second region on both sides respectively in a predetermined first direction. When the collision load is input, a torsion is generated in each of the first region and the second region across the break scheduled part have torsions.

Claims (20)

1 . A vehicle body structural member formed from a fiber-reinforced resin composite, the vehicle body structural member comprising

a break scheduled part provided on a load input surface to which a collision load is expected to be input, and configured to, when the collision load is input, undergo a brittle fracture and divide the load input surface into a first region and a second region on both sides respectively in a predetermined first direction, wherein

when the collision load is input, a torsion is generated in each of the first region and the second region across the break scheduled part, and

wherein fibers are discontinuous in part or in entirety between the first region and the second region in the break scheduled part on the load input surface.

2 . The vehicle body structural member according to claim 1 , wherein the first region and the second region are each configured to contain continuous fibers oriented in a second direction inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the predetermined first direction at a highest ratio to entire fibers contained in the first region and the second region.

3 . The vehicle body structural member according to claim 1 , wherein the first region and the second region respectively comprise projecting surfaces or recessed surfaces at diagonal positions across the break scheduled part, the projecting surfaces protruding toward an input side to which the collision load is input, the recessed surfaces being recessed toward an opposite side to the input side.

4 . The vehicle body structural member according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle body structural member comprises an outer member and an inner member that are bonded, the outer member being located on an input side to which the collision load is input and including the break scheduled part, the inner member being located on an opposite side to the input side, and

the vehicle body structural member is configured such that bonding strengths of bonded parts located at diagonal positions across the break scheduled part are higher or lower than bonding strengths of other bonded parts.

5 . A vehicle body structural member formed from a fiber-reinforced resin composite, the vehicle body structural member comprising

a break scheduled part provided on a load input surface to which a collision load is expected to be input, and configured to, when the collision load is input, undergo a brittle fracture and divide the load input surface into a first region and a second region on both sides respectively in a predetermined first direction, wherein

when the collision load is input, a torsion is generated in each of the first region and the second region across the break scheduled part, and

wherein the vehicle body structural member is a vehicle body pillar structure.

6 . The vehicle body structural member according to claim 5 , wherein fibers are discontinuous in part or in entirety between the first region and the second region in the break scheduled part on the load input surface.

7 . The vehicle body structural member according to claim 5 , wherein the first region and the second region are each configured to contain continuous fibers oriented in a second direction inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the predetermined first direction at a highest ratio to entire fibers contained in the first region and the second region.

8 . The vehicle body structural member according to claim 5 , wherein the first region and the second region respectively comprise projecting surfaces or recessed surfaces at diagonal positions across the break scheduled part, the projecting surfaces protruding toward an input side to which the collision load is input, the recessed surfaces being recessed toward an opposite side to the input side.

9 . The vehicle body structural member according to claim 5 , wherein

the vehicle body structural member comprises an outer member and an inner member that are bonded, the outer member being located on an input side to which the collision load is input and including the break scheduled part, the inner member being located on an opposite side to the input side, and

the vehicle body structural member is configured such that bonding strengths of bonded parts located at diagonal positions across the break scheduled part are higher or lower than bonding strengths of other bonded parts.

10 . The vehicle body structural member according to claim 5 , wherein the vehicle pillar structure is a center pillar of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2025
From: NOGUCHI, MASAHARU
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072577/0672 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-026360 · Feb 24, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230264760A1 · Aug 24, 2023
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