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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2002
Atsushi Hanyu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A body upper structure includes a roof side-rail ( ) and a center pillar ( ) having a pillar outer member ( ). The roof side-rail ( ) has a vertical rib ( ) bridging between an upper wall and a lower wall. The pillar outer member ( ) has a plurality of vertical ribs ( ). In operation, at a vehicle collision, the vertical rib ( ) of the roof side-rail ( ) acts to receive a downward bending load, in the form of a buckling load in the up-and-down direction while exhibiting a high resistance against the bending load. Subsequently, the downward load is accepted by a shoulder part ( ) and the vertical ribs ( ) of the pillar outer member ( ), in the axial direction of the center pillar ( ) and transmitted in dispersion to the whole center pillar ( ) effectively.