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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1980
Toru Iriyama, Hiroshima, JP;
Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd., Horishima, JP;
Abstract
A steering column supporting structure for use in a motor vehicle which includes a vertical portion provided at approximately a central portion of a vehicle body, and a hollow horizontal structure extending laterally, at its base portion, from the upper portion of the vertical structure toward the side wall of the motor vehicle adjacent to the driver's seat. The lower end of the vertical structure is connected to a tunnel portion or raised portion of a vehicle floor with a high rigidity, while the other end of the horizontal structure at the side wall of the motor vehicle is connected to an inner side panel constituting a closed cross sectional structure together with a hinge pillar outer panel for the improvement of rigidity at the steering column supporting portion.