Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Kosaku Tomozawa

Patrick Joseph Ellison

Taiga Marukawa

Takashi Nakano

Manabu Ishizono

Takeshi Yoshimoto

Akira Futatsuhashi

Tsuyoshi Higuchi

Keiichiro Tsuji

Gilberto Larrache-Irizarry

Jagpaul S Pandher

Kohei Inoue

Yushi Nakao

Anthony John Leanza

Masashige Iseki

Douglas M Dafler

Yoshikatsu Ota

Takumi Tsuyuzaki

Yusuke Takayama

Hitomi Yamada

Masaaki Fujimoto

Kazumi Kodama

Shuhei Hamada

Hitoshi Kato

Steven C Heinrichs

Stephen D Rosenkrantz

Yoshiharu Hasegawa

Kazuo Arai

A vehicle body upper structure includes: roof side rails provided at end portions in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body upper portion; side outer panels covering vehicle outer side surfaces of the roof side rails; and a roof panel made of a material different from a martial of the roof side rails and provided at a center portion in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body upper portion, and the roof panel and the paired side outer panels are fixed to one another by braze joining. Outer end portions in the vehicle width direction of the side outer panels are joined to outer end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof side rails. Inner end portions in the vehicle width direction of the side outer panels are not joined to inner end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof side rails.

Vehicle body upper structure and assembly method of automobile vehicle body

A vehicle body upper structure includes: roof side rails; side outer panels; and a roof panel made of a material different from a martial of the roof side rails. The roof panel and the paired left and right side outer panels are fixed to one another by braze joining. An end portion of the roof panel in a vehicle front-rear direction includes a first coupling portion in which one of the roof side rails, the roof panel, and one of the side outer panels are coupled to one another, a notch portion that is provided on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the first coupling portion, and a fragile portion that extends from a tip end portion of the notch portion toward a braze joining portion of the side outer panel and the roof panel.

Vehicle body upper structure

For a vehicle interior compartment defined by a vehicle floor, opposing sidewalls, a forward end and a rearward end, and a vehicle ceiling covering at least part of the compartment, an end zone overhead display structure includes bulkhead forming attachment elements coupled to a roof strut spanning from sidewall to sidewall of the vehicle roof. The display structure includes an open box-like upper bracket and an open box-like lower bracket coupled together with the roof strut interposed to provide an assembly that reduces unwanted motion, rotation or vibration of the display assembly.

End zone overhead display structure for vehicles

A hood for a vehicle is movable between an open position and a closed position for covering a vehicle compartment. The hood includes a hood body having an exterior facing surface and an interior facing surface. A first bracket attached to the interior facing surface of the hood body includes a bottom end having a downward opening slot a rotatable hinge attached to the vehicle in the vehicle compartment for moving the hood body between the open position and the closed position. A second bracket is attached to the vehicle in the vehicle compartment. The second bracket is attached to a distal end of the rotatable hinge and includes a weld stud extending laterally from a side of the second bracket. The first bracket is seated on the weld stud during installation of the hood.

Vehicle hood

A vehicle body lateral section structure includes: a side panel outer () that is made of an aluminum alloy; a reinforcing member () that is made of steel and overlaps inside the side panel outer (); an inner panel () that is made of steel and overlaps inside the reinforcing member (); a plurality of mechanical coupling portions () that are provided at an interval (P) of 40 mm or more and 80 mm or less in a longitudinal direction of the opening flange; and resistance welded portions () that are provided between the plurality of mechanical coupling portions () in the longitudinal direction to join the reinforcing member () and the inner panel () to each other in a state where the side panel outer (), the reinforcing member (), and the inner panel () overlap each other in three layers.

Vehicle body lateral section structure and method of manufacturing vehicle body lateral section structure

An autonomous vehicle and related method include, at each corner of the vehicle, a sensor module including a cast frame configured to mount on a corner component of the vehicle, and a plurality of sensors mounted on the cast frame. The plurality of sensors are configured to sense an environment around the autonomous vehicle and to communicate data about the environment to a navigation system of the autonomous vehicle for navigating the autonomous vehicle.

Multiple side component mount on casting for sensor packaging

An overhead display system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a central strut channel extending across the vehicle ceiling, and front and rear arches also extending across the vehicle ceiling in spaced relation to the central strut channel and in generally parallel relationship thereto. A central bracket has an upward channel attached to the central strut channel and angled surfaces and horizontal surfaces emanating forward and rearward from the central channel. The horizontal surfaces attach to the front strut or the rear strut respectively to provide anchoring stability to the central bracket. Matingly received in the central upward channel is a central fixture which is attached to a display housing at both the front and rear sections. The resulting upside down T-shaped structure provides stability and vibration management to the overhead display mount.

Personal overhead display structure for vehicles

An arrangement of antennas on a roof of a vehicle is described to minimize radio wave interference. The roof includes an outer panel, a first structural component extending in a lateral direction across the roof, and a second structural component extending in the lateral direction across the roof. The first structural component is closer to a rear edge of the roof than the second structural component. The roof also includes an antenna configuration attached to the roof. The antenna configuration includes a first set of antennas mounted to the first structural component and a second set of antennas mounted to the second structural component. The first set of antennas are spaced apart from the rear edge of the roof by a first distance. The second set of antennas are spaced apart from the edge of the roof by a second distance. The second distance is greater than the first distance.

Vehicle roof antenna configuration

A module support system for a vehicle including exterior paneling defining an interior and exterior of the vehicle, and a frame disposed in the interior of the vehicle, the module support system including a first casting mounted on the frame, where the first casting extends outward from the frame, through the exterior paneling, to the exterior of the vehicle such that the first casting includes an interior portion disposed within the interior of the vehicle and mounted on the frame, and an exterior portion extending outward from the exterior of the vehicle. The module support system includes a first electronic device supported on the exterior portion of the first casting, and a cover fixed with the exterior portion of the first casting such that the cover is disposed over the first electronic device and the exterior portion of the first casting with respect to an external environment.

Vehicle mounted module support system

A vehicle body includes left and right side front frames extending towards the back of the vehicle body while curving from the outside in the width direction of the vehicle to the inside in the width direction of the vehicle. The left and right front side frames branch off from the ends thereof into left and right side sill-side extensions extending to the back towards the outside in the width direction of the vehicle, and left and right tunnel-side extensions extending to the back towards the inside in the width direction of the vehicle. Left and right reinforcing members are provided to the inside of curved parts on the left and right side and extend in the front-to-back direction of the vehicle body in the left and right side.

Structure for front of vehicle body

A front body of a vehicle is formed by attaching a subframe to left and right front side frames. The subframe is disposed in front of a floor of a cabin and extends to the left and right. An engine contact part facing toward an engine inside the front body is disposed on an upper part the subframe. The subframe has rear fastening parts fastened to the respective front side frames, and rear arm connecting parts with which respective lower arms are engaged. A portion between each of the rear arm connecting parts and the corresponding rear fastening part is deformed to absorb shocks.

Front body of vehicle

A structure for the front of a vehicle body includes front side frames. The front side frames have bend portions in the rear portion thereof, the bend portions sloping downwards along a dashboard lower panel as the front side frames extend towards the back of the vehicle body. Side sill-side extensions curve to the side of side sills from the end parts of the bend portions. Curving tunnel-side extensions curve towards a tunnel portion. The side sill-side extensions and the tunnel-side extensions form branched portions branching at substantially the same angle. Triangular load support portions are formed at the back of the branched portions between the side sill-side extensions and the tunnel-side extensions. Rear end support portions for supporting the rear ends of sub frames are provided to the bend portions and the fronts of the load support portions.

A front body of a vehicle includes left and right front side frames and a subframe attached to the front side frames. The subframe includes front arm connecting parts and rear arm connecting parts configured to support lower arms of respective suspensions at left and right ends of the subframe, an engine contact part disposed in an upper part of the subframe and facing toward an engine, and rear fastening parts each disposed in a continuous part between the engine contact part and the corresponding rear arm connecting part and fastened to the corresponding front side frame. The rear fastening parts each are formed in a branch part disposed between the corresponding rear arm connecting part and the engine contact part and protruding from a rear branch member toward the rear of the vehicle.

Side beam extends from a sub frame, mounted to front side frames, to a front frame section, and includes: a lower impact absorbing bar member having a horizontal intermediate portion joined to the sub frame, and a slanting portion extending upward from the intermediate portion; and a bent impact absorbing member joined to the slanting portion and front frame section and having a smaller strength against an impact than the bar member. Skid plate is mounted to a lower cross beam constituting a lower portion of the frame section and projects forward from the cross beam. Lower impact absorbing bar member is mounted to the cross beam and extends rearward, and an impact absorbing projecting member is provided in front of the bar member. The absorbing projecting member defines a closed sectional shape in conjunction with a rear portion of the skid plate.

Front vehicle body structure

A vehicle body () including: a tunnel cross-member () extending in the vehicle's widthwise direction along the lower surface of a tunnel section () of the floor panel (); left and right side-frame extensions () extending rearward along the lower surfaces () of the dashboard () from the rear ends of left and right front side-frames (). The left and right side-frame extensions each bifurcate into a side sill-side extension () which, while tilting, extends rearward and outward in the vehicle's widthwise direction from the rear end of each of the left and right side-frame extensions to a side sill (), and into a tunnel-side extension () which, while tilting, extends rearward and inward in the vehicle's widthwise direction from the rear end of each of the left and right side-frame extensions to the tunnel cross-member. The tilt of the side sill-side extensions and the tilt of the tunnel-side extensions are substantially the same.

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