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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2007
Yoshihide Endo, Okazaki, JP;
Koji Makino, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shigeru Inamori, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
In a vehicle body side structure, an impact beam () is mounted to a door inner panel () by an impact beam extension (). A part of the impact beam extension () that extends from an impact beam fixing part () to the door inner panel () serves as a load transmission part () capable of transmitting a load from the impact beam () to the door inner panel (), and the extension line therefrom is directed at the centroid Cof the body pillar (). With a simple structure such as this, at the time of a side impact it is possible to transfer a load from the impact beam () in a straight line to the centroid Cof the body pillar () while suppressing the twisting moment of the body pillar ().