Vehicle body structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10144455-B2
Application number	US-201414897987-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2014
Priority date	Jun 14, 2013
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle body structure is configured in such a manner that a left center pillar is covered with a left pillar garnish and a left gusset is joined to the upper end of the left center pillar. The left center pillar is provided with a pillar bead protruding toward the outside of a vehicle compartment. The left gusset is provided with a gusset bead that protrudes toward the vehicle compartment along the pillar bead. The gusset bead and the pillar bead form a first closed cross-section. An engagement section that is insertable into a first opening of the first closed cross-section is provided at the upper end of the left pillar garnish.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle body structure comprising:
a pillar provided at a side portion of a vehicle body and extending in an up-down direction;
a pillar garnish covering the pillar on a vehicle compartment side;
a gusset joined to an upper end portion of the pillar from the vehicle compartment side; and
a roof member extending in the vehicle width direction so as to be supported by left and right roof side rails extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body while being joined to the upper end portions of the pillars and provided on a left side and a right side respectively in the vehicle width direction, wherein
the pillar includes a pillar bead extending in the up-down direction and protruding toward the outside of the vehicle compartment,
the gusset includes a gusset bead protruding toward the vehicle compartment along the pillar bead at a position overlapping the pillar bead in an inside-outside direction of the vehicle compartment and forming a first closed cross-section section together with the pillar bead,
the pillar garnish includes, at an upper end portion thereof, an engagement section engaged with the first closed cross-section section when being inserted into the inside of the first closed cross-section section,
the roof member includes a roof base joined to a roof, a roof swollen portion provided in the roof base and swelling toward the vehicle compartment from the roof base, and a roof bead provided in the roof swollen portion, the roof bead protruding toward the outside of the vehicle compartment along the gusset bead at a position overlapping the gusset bead in the inside-outside direction of the vehicle compartment and forming a second closed cross-section section together with the gusset bead,
an opening portion of the first closed cross-section section formed by a lower end of the gusset bead and an upper end of the pillar bead is larger than an opening portion of the second closed cross-section section formed by an upper end of the gusset bead and the roof bead, and
the roof, the roof bead and roof swollen portion are configured to form a third closed cross-section section which is separated from the second closed cross-section section by the roof bead.

2. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the pillar includes a pillar ridgeline extending along the pillar by being formed with the pillar bead, and
the gusset includes a gusset ridgeline extending along the pillar ridgeline by being formed with the gusset bead.

3. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the roof member includes a roof ridgeline extending along the roof member by being formed with the roof bead.

4. The vehicle body structure according to claim 2 , wherein
the roof member includes a roof ridgeline extending along the roof member by being formed with the roof bead.

5. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the pillar bead is jointed to the roof side rail and is separated from the pillar.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• ANEGAWA Shota
• Okabe Toshiaki
• Horiguchi Jun

Classifications

• B62D27/023

  Assembly of structural joints · CPC title

• B62D25/04 Primary

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title

• B62D25/06

  Fixed roofs (non-fixed roofs or like shelters B60J7/00; roof liners B60R13/02; insulating elements B60R13/08) · CPC title