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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hirokazu Maeda, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Nozawa, Toyota, JP;
Tomohito Sono, Okazaki, JP;
Yoshihiro Kojima, Aichi-ken, JP;
Nobuhito Nishio, Aichi-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle side structure includes a side door and a pillar which includes at least a pillar reinforcement. In the vehicle side structure, an end portion, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, of the side door incorporates a digital key sensor and has a protruding region, and the pillar reinforcement includes an outer wall facing outward in the vehicle width direction and having an indented region in which a part of a main surface of the outer wall is curved or bent so as to protrude inward in the vehicle width direction, a center concave bead extending along the vehicle vertical direction at the center, in the vehicle longitudinal direction, of the outer wall, and a center convex bead raised from a bottom surface of the center concave bead, in which a vertical length range of the center convex bead is overlapped at least partially with the indented region.