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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2003
Masashi Makita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yuuichi Oki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A reinforcing structure is provided to attain sufficient reinforcing effect for a body frame without increasing a weight of a vehicle. The reinforcing structure includes a front pillar ( ) whose peripheral wall has an outer panel ( ) and a reinforcement ( ) to provide a double wall structure, and an adjusting mechanism ( ) for making a buckling-mode waveform of the outer panel ( ) in a substantially-reversed phase to a buckling-mode waveform of the reinforcement ( ). The adjusting mechanism ( ) includes a plurality of beads ( ) formed on a top wall of the reinforcement ( ). Owing to the deformation of the outer panel ( ) in a substantially-reversed phase to the deformation of the reinforcement ( ), a resistance force due to contact between the outer panel ( ) and the reinforcement ( ) allows a deformation of the front pillar ( ) to be is restricted to enhance reinforcing effect of the reinforcing structure.