Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki

Toyohisa Kodama

Mikio Nakashima

Yukihiro Onishi

Takafumi Hasegawa

Yoshio Ichishita

Akira Chiba

Masamichi Tajima

A vehicle roof structure includes a reinforcement extending in a width direction of a vehicle between two roof side rails on the opposite sides in the width direction. The load transmission member includes a first coupling portion that couples the load transmission member to the reinforcement and a second coupling portion that couples the load transmission member to one of the roof side rails. A load transmission portion is located between the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion when the load transmission member is viewed in the front-to-rear direction. The load transmission portion includes a part extending straight in the width direction. An inflator supporting portion extends from the load transmission portion.

Vehicle roof structure and method for manufacturing vehicle roof structure

A center pillar structure includes a pillar inner panel, a lower pillar outer panel disposed outward of the pillar inner panel in the vehicle-width direction, and an upper pillar outer panel disposed upward of the lower pillar outer panel in the vehicle-height direction. The lower pillar outer panel includes a side wall portion, a front wall portion connected to a front end of the side wall portion, and a rear wall portion connected to a rear end of the side wall portion. The upper pillar outer panel includes an overlapping portion overlapping the side wall portion, and the overlapping portion is provided at a lower end portion of the upper pillar outer panel in the vehicle-height direction. At least one of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion is provided with a linear bent portion extending in the vehicle-height direction.

Center pillar structure

Growing community of inventors

Kariya, Japan

Toyohisa Kodama