Automobile pillar structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10150512-B2
Application number	US-201615183417-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2016
Priority date	Jun 22, 2015
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

An automobile pillar structure is provided that includes a transparent portion that configures a skeleton of a pillar of a vehicle, the transparent portion being made of transparent resin, and being disposed such that a lengthwise direction thereof coincides with a vehicle vertical direction; and a glass holding portion that is disposed at least at a vehicle width direction outer side of the transparent portion, and that holds a glass, the glass holding portion being configured such that width dimension along a direction intersecting the lengthwise direction of the transparent portion is set equal to or less than an interpupillary distance of a driver.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automobile pillar structure comprising:
a transparent portion that configures a skeleton of a pillar of a vehicle, the transparent portion being made of transparent resin, and being disposed such that a lengthwise direction thereof coincides with a vehicle vertical direction; and
a glass holding portion that is disposed at least at a vehicle width direction outer side of the transparent portion, and that holds a glass, the glass holding portion being configured such that width dimension along a direction intersecting the lengthwise direction of the transparent portion is set equal to or less than about 65 mm,
wherein a width dimension of the transparent portion is set equal to or greater than about 60 mm.

2. The automobile pillar structure according to claim 1 , wherein the glass holding portion comprises:
a first glass holding portion that is disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of the transparent portion and holds one vehicle width direction end portion of a first glass disposed at a cabin front portion or a cabin rear portion, and
a second glass holding portion that is disposed at the vehicle width direction outer side of the transparent portion and holds one vehicle front-rear direction end portion of a second glass disposed at a cabin side portion, and
a width dimension, along a direction intersecting the lengthwise direction of the transparent portion, of at least one of the first glass holding portion or the second glass holding portion is set equal to or less than the interpupillary distance of the driver.

3. The automobile pillar structure according to claim 1 , wherein the glass holding portion comprises:
a third glass holding portion that is disposed at the vehicle width direction outer side of the transparent portion and holds one vehicle width direction end portion of a first glass disposed at a cabin front portion or a cabin rear portion, and
a fourth glass holding portion that is disposed at the vehicle width direction outer side of the transparent portion, that is placed adjacent to the third glass holding portion in a vehicle front-rear direction, and that holds one vehicle front-rear direction end portion of a second glass disposed at a cabin side portion, and
a width dimension, along a direction intersecting the lengthwise direction of the transparent portion, of the fourth glass holding portion is set equal to or less than the interpupillary distance of the driver.

4. The automobile pillar structure according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent portion comprises an opaque portion that is opaquely colored and hides the glass holding portion from the driver.

5. The automobile pillar structure according to claim 1 , wherein a front portion of the transparent portion includes a cutout portion disposed on the vehicle direction outer side of the transparent portion, the cutout portion is disposed along an entire lengthwise direction of the transparent portion, and the glass holding portion is configured as a result of the cutout portion being formed.

6. The automobile pillar structure according to claim 5 , wherein the cutout portion presents a substantially L-shape in a plan sectional view.

7. The automobile pillar structure according to claim 1 , wherein the glass holding portion comprises:
a first glass holding portion that holds one vehicle width direction end portion of a first glass disposed at a cabin front portion or a cabin rear portion, and
a second glass holding portion that holds one vehicle front-rear direction end portion of a second glass disposed at a cabin side portion, and
wherein a width dimension, along a direction intersecting the lengthwise direction of the transparent portion, of at least one of the first glass holding portion or the second glass holding portion is set equal to or less than about 65 mm.

8. The automobile pillar structure according to claim 4 , wherein a total width dimension of the width dimensions of the glass holding portion and the opaque portion along a direction intersecting the lengthwise direction of the transparent portion is set equal to or less than about 65 mm.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Toyota Masaru

Classifications

• B62D25/04 Primary

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title

• B62D29/043

  Superstructures (B62D25/161 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60J1/004

  Mounting of windows · CPC title