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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Shota Tsubaki, Kobe, JP;
Kenichi Watanabe, Kobe, JP;
Kazuya Yasui, Kobe, JP;
Masatoshi Yoshida, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
KOBE STEEL, LTD., Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/2036 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle body structure includes a battery disposed in a lower central part of a vehicle body, a hollow side sill extending in a vehicle front-rear direction and disposed outside the battery in a vehicle width direction, and a reinforcing member configuring at least a part of a continuous tubular structure formed inside the side sill. The continuous tubular structure has a shape in which a plurality of octagons are continuously arranged as viewed from the vehicle width direction.