Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Piolax, Inc.

Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock

Tomoki Yamaguchi

Seiji Honda

Hitoshi Hakamada

Yusuke Fujita

Takuya Hoshi

Atsushi Ogawa

Yuki Takahashi

Toshiya Ohba

Hajime Saito

Yuuichi Satou

Hirofumi Takemoto

Shigeki Tanimoto

A vehicle body front structure includes a front glass, a front pillar having a subsidiary glass provided at further outward in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body than the front glass, a front pillar upper part provided between a roof and an upper member of the vehicle body and forming a load path of a front collision together with the upper member, and a stud provided in front of the front pillar upper part and configured to support an end portion of the front glass and an end portion of the subsidiary glass, and a garnish configured to cover the stud from an outer side of a passenger compartment.

Vehicle body front structure

A door-equipped vehicle body structure () includes a door opening () provided to a vehicle (), a door () for opening and closing the door opening (), and a grip () provided to the door (). The door () is provided with a general surface () and an upper surface (). The general surface () is a surface extending along a door surface (). The upper surface () is a surface extending from an upper end () of the general surface () toward an outside () of the vehicle. The grip () is provided so as to project upward from the upper surface ().

Door-equipped vehicle body structure

This vehicle has a travel drive system including a travel power source and an energy source for this travel power source, wherein an outlet for discharging waste generated by the travel drive system faces the rear surface of the vehicle body. The outlet is offset in the vehicle width direction relative to a passenger opening. Further, relative to the center line between the center line of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction and the end portion of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction, the outlet is positioned to the end portion side of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction. Relative to the center line between the center line and the end portion in the vehicle width direction, the right and left edges of the passenger opening are positioned to the side of the center line of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction.

Vehicle

In this vehicle, a rear opening is formed across the entire rear surface of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction, a tailgate capable of opening and closing the rear opening is attached to the vehicle body so as to be capable of swinging up and down, a passenger opening is formed that allows passengers to enter and exit through the tailgate, and a seat is provided adjacently to the rear surface. The passenger opening is formed in a portion of the rear surface in the vehicle width direction. One end of the seat in the vehicle width direction is positioned on one end of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction, and the other end of the seat in the vehicle width direction is positioned in a portion overlapping with the passenger opening in the vehicle width direction.

A tailgate-equipped vehicle body structure includes a tailgate for opening and closing a rear opening section provided in a rear section of a vehicle, and a sub door provided on the tailgate for opening and closing a sub door opening section provided in the tailgate. The upper surface of a lower edge portion of the rear opening section and the upper surface of a lower edge portion of the sub door opening section are located in substantially flush with each other.

Tailgate-equipped vehicle body structure

A vehicle body structure () including a tailgate opening () provided in a vehicle body rear part () and a tailgate () supported by the vehicle body rear part () for opening/closing the tailgate opening () is disclosed. The tailgate () includes a tailgate body () supported by the vehicle body rear part (), a door opening () formed in the tailgate body (), a sub-door () supported by the tailgate body () for opening/closing the door opening (), and a high-mount stop lamp () disposed so as to avoid the sub-door ().

Vehicle body structure

Junction regions are formed by mutually joined side portions of a pillar inner and a pillar outer, and an opening-defining region is formed by mutually spaced side portions of the pillar inner and the pillar outer. The junction regions include a first junction region adjacent to the opening-defining region on one side in a longitudinal direction and a second junction region adjacent to the opening-defining region on the other side in the longitudinal direction. A bypass connection wall connecting the opening-defining region and at least one of the first junction region and the second junction region extends from at least one of the pillar inner and the pillar outer.

A vehicle having a rear opening formed across the entire rear surface of the vehicle body, a tailgate attached to the vehicle body so as to be capable of swinging up and down and so as to open and close the rear opening, a passenger opening formed in a portion of the tailgate in the vehicle width direction for allowing passengers to board, and a door attached to the tailgate so as to be capable of opening and closing the passenger opening. A door latch which maintains the door in a closed state is attached to the door. A release operation means which can release the door latch is provided on the surface of the door inside of the vehicle.

In a vehicle push button switch, a case fixed to a vehicle body or a lid is provided with a guide portion for guiding a push button and supports a switch used to change a switching state in response to a push operation of the push button. The switch is protected by using a sealing structure. The case includes: a first case member; a second case member fixed to the first case member; and an elastic member interposed between the first and second case members. The push button is connected to the center portion of the elastic member, and the switch housed in a housing chamber formed between the first case member and the elastic member is supported by the first case member such that the switching state is changed in response to bending of the elastic member which occurs with the push operation of the push button.

Vehicle push button switch

A drain plug includes a head part arranged on a peripheral edge of a drain hole from a front side, and an engaging leg engaged with the peripheral edge of the drain hole from a back side. The engaging leg includes a frame wall extending in a direction in which a space between a pair of panels forming a body panel is widened; an opening part facing the a connecting part of the pair of panels of the body panel; engaging parts formed on both side walls of the frame wall, to be engaged with the peripheral edge of the drain hole from the back side; and a guide surface formed on a front wall of the frame wall, to guide the engaging parts to pass through the drain hole.

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Tomoki Yamaguchi