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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Ideguchi, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an automobile vehicle body structure, a steering hanger is formed from a metal pipe on one side in a vehicle width direction and a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) pipe on the other side in the vehicle width direction, and a steering column is supported on the metal pipe, for ensuring the strength with which the steering column is supported while minimizing any increase in the weight of the steering hanger. The metal pipe is connected to a CFRP linking member connecting an upper part of a dash panel lower and a center tunnel. The collision load of a frontal collision input is transmitted into the dash panel lower to the high strength center tunnel for preventing the dash panel lower from collapsing to the rear while minimizing any increase in the weight, and for enhancing the stiffness of the steering hanger to prevent vibration of the steering column.