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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 12, 2015
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshikazu Nishimura, Hiroshima, JP;
Takashi Narahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Shuichi Nakagami, Higashi-Hiroshima, JP;
Hiroaki Fujii, Hiroshima, JP;
Gunji Yoshii, Kure, JP;
Tomoe Matsuoka, Hiroshima, JP;
Ai Nagira, Hiroshima, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hirsoshima, JP;
Abstract
Each rear pillar () includes a rear pillar inner panel () and a rear pillar reinforcement (). The rear pillar inner panel () and the rear pillar reinforcement () each include a substantially L-shaped corner portion (C, C) raised toward the rear pillar inner panel (), and a ridge portion (X, X). The corner portions (C, C) are arranged next to each other in the direction toward a reinforcement (), and an L-shaped closed cross section () is formed between the corner portions (C, C). The reinforcement () is, not via the closed cross section, directly connected to the corner portions (C, C). An upper portion of the L-shaped closed cross section () is connected to a closed rear header cross section ().