Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal Corporation

Unipres Corporation

Takeo Kusunoki

Noriyuki Suzuki

Toshiyuki Niwa

Takashi Ariga

Masato Shida

Isao Satsukawa

Kenta Konishi

Masaki Itoga

Kouji Chiba

Syu Hashimoto

Provided is a coupling structure between a front pillar and a side sill of an automobile, which improves the steering stability of the automobile and realizes a high productivity. A reinforcing memberis provided inside a front pillarhaving a closed cross-section so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the automobile. The reinforcing memberis coupled to a front pillar outer. An end portion of the reinforcing memberat the rear side of the automobile is extended toward a side sillto form a reinforcing member extension. The reinforcing member extensionis coupled to a side sill outer

Coupling structure between front pillar and side sill of automobile

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takeo Kusunoki