Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Toshimasa Okamoto

Takashi Yakata

Tomohiro Inagaki

Naomi Sugano

A side sill beam having a shape of an arch concave outwards in a vehicle-width direction is placed in a side sill, and includes first and second ends welded to joining areas with front and rear floor cross members, respectively. A first impact detection element that detects an impact from the outside in the vehicle-width direction is disposed near the joining areas of the side sill and the front or rear floor cross member, and a second impact detection element that detects an impact from the outside in the vehicle-width direction is disposed offset from the first impact detection element in a vehicle front-rear direction as viewed in the vehicle-width direction.

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Okazaki, Japan

Toshimasa Okamoto