Vehicle pillar structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10710641-B2
Application number	US-201816139399-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2018
Priority date	Nov 2, 2017
Publication date	Jul 14, 2020
Grant date	Jul 14, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle pillar structure includes: a pair of frame components that extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle pillar; and a transparent component that is formed so as to be transparent, and that bridges a gap between the pair of frame components. Each of the pair of frame components is in a cylindrical shape having no seams in a cross-section thereof, and a planar transparent component joining surface to which the transparent component is joined is included as part of an outer peripheral surface of each of the pair of frame components.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle pillar structure comprising:
a pair of frame components extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle pillar; and
a transparent component bridging a gap between the pair of frame components,
wherein each frame component of the pair of frame components is in a cylindrical shape having no seams in a cross-section thereof, and
wherein an outer peripheral surface of each frame component of the pair of frame components includes a planar joining surface to which the transparent component is joined, and
wherein the planar joining surface of each pair of frame components is entirely planar.

2. The vehicle pillar structure according to claim 1 , wherein the outer peripheral surface of one frame component of the pair of frame components includes a planar shield joining surface to which a windshield is joined.

3. A vehicle pillar structure comprising:
a pair of frame components extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle pillar; and
a transparent component bridging a gap between the pair of frame components,
wherein each frame component of the pair of frame components is in a cylindrical shape having no seams in a cross-section thereof,
wherein an outer peripheral surface of each frame component of the pair of frame components includes a planar joining surface to which the transparent component is joined,
wherein the outer peripheral surface of one frame component of the pair of frame components includes a planar shield joining surface to which a windshield is joined, and
wherein the outer peripheral surface of the one frame component includes a step-shaped portion formed between the shield joining surface and the transparent component joining surface, such that the shield joining surface is set back further toward a vehicle interior side than the transparent component joining surface.

4. The vehicle pillar structure according to claim 2 , wherein the outer peripheral surface of the one frame component includes a step-shaped portion formed between the shield joining surface and the transparent component joining surface, such that the shield joining surface is set back further toward a vehicle irate side than transparent component joining surface.

5. The vehicle pillar structure according to claim 1 , wherein one of the pair of frame components further includes
an outer side wall disposed at an exterior side of the vehicle;
a front side wall that extends substantially perpendicular to the outer side wall;
an inner side wall disposed at an interior side of the vehicle; and
a rear side wall extending substantially perpendicular to the front side wall.

6. The vehicle pillar structure according to claim 1 , wherein the outer peripheral surface of one of the pair of frame components includes a step-shaped portion.

7. The vehicle pillar structure according to claim 1 , wherein the outer peripheral surface of one of the pair of frame components includes a shield joining surface to which a windshield is joined, the shield joining surface being disposed closer to an inner side wall of the respective frame component than the planar joining surface.

8. The vehicle pillar structure according to claim 7 , wherein the inner side wall of the respective frame component is disposed at an interior of the vehicle and is substantially parallel to the planar joining surface.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ikeda Koki
• Sakabe Motoya
• Furukawa Kazuki

Classifications

• B62D29/007

  predominantly of special steel or specially treated steel, e.g. stainless steel or locally surface hardened steel · CPC title

• B62D25/04 Primary

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title

• B60J1/004

  Mounting of windows · CPC title