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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2014
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Yoshimitsu Yokoi, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Falling-in deformation, in which a second quarter pillar deforms so as to fall toward a vehicle vertical direction lower side, is suppressed. Due to twisting input being applied to a vehicle, a second quarter pillar deforms so as to fall toward the vehicle vertical direction lower side. A connecting member, whose lower end portion is joined to a joined region of a wheel house and a lower end portion of a first quarter pillar, receives this falling-in deformation of the second quarter pillar. Accordingly, because the connecting member, whose lower end portion is securely fixed, receives the falling-in deformation of the second quarter pillar, the falling-in deformation of the second quarter pillar is effectively suppressed.