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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2023
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Ippei Kuroda, Hiroshima, JP;
Masaya Nishimoto, Hiroshima, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A side sill in a lower part and on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle and forms, in its inner part, a closed cross section that extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; the side sill includes a side sill outer that has a front end and a main body located behind the front end, an outer-side reinforcement member that has a shape extending along a front face part and a side face part of the front end of the side sill outer is joined to the front end from inside or outside the closed cross section, a front end of the main body is opposed to a rear end of a side face part of the outer-side reinforcement member in the front-rear direction, and the main body has a protrusion part that protrudes to the inner side of the closed cross section.