Mitsubishi Aluminum Company, Ltd.

Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Yusuke Kimura

Satoshi Yanagimoto

Hayami Nakagawa

Yoshiaki Ohhashi

A deck cross-member comprises a first pipe, a joint member, and a second pipe. The first pipe is configured to support a steering unit. The first pipe has a cross section that is uniform along the axial direction as viewed in a plane perpendicular to the axial direction. The joint member is inserted in the first pipe and secured to the first pipe. The joint member incorporates a receptacle unit. The second pipe is inserted in the receptacle unit of the joint member, thus secured to the joint member. The second pipe has a cross section that is uniform along the axial direction as viewed in a plane perpendicular to the axial direction.

Deck cross-member and method of manufacturing a deck cross-member

A vehicle body structure of the present invention includes a side-frame disposed to extend along one direction, a side sill disposed to extend in the one direction alongside the side-frame on the outside thereof, a cross member disposed to extend in a direction in which the cross member intersects with the side-frame and which is joined to a side portion of the side-frame to form a vehicle body together with the side-frame, and a gusset provided between the side-frame and the side sill on a longitudinal extension of the cross member, which extends in a smaller cross section than that of the cross member from a joint portion where the cross member is joined to the side-frame until the gusset comes into abutment with the side sill while passing through the side-frame and which is formed as an integral part of the cross member.

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Susono, Japan

Yusuke Kimura