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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Osamu Matsuura, Hiroshima, JP;
Nobuhiro Komatsu, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296209 ; 296195 ; 296198 ; 296201 ;
Abstract
An automobile body structure has a side sill formed of inner and outer panels, a central pillar joined to the side sill to extend upwardly therefrom, a rear fender panel extending upwardly from the outer panel of the side sill to form the edge of a door opening and rearwardly of this edge to form a body panel, and a reinforcement extending rearwardly together with the inner panel of the side sill to form a closed cross-section therebetween and joined at its rear end to the rear wheelhouse. The structure greatly improves the body strength rearward of the center pillar.