Front pillar structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11155307-B2
Application number	US-201916660801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2019
Priority date	Nov 13, 2018
Publication date	Oct 26, 2021
Grant date	Oct 26, 2021

Abstract

A front pillar structure has: a front side pillar frame member and a rear side pillar frame member that structure a front pillar disposed at a vehicle transverse direction outer side of a front windshield glass; a transparent member that extends between the front side pillar frame member and the rear side pillar frame member, and that is disposed along a direction intersecting the front windshield glass; a planar portion that is formed at the front side pillar frame member so as to face toward a vehicle front side, and to which a vehicle transverse direction outer side end portion of the front windshield glass is mounted from a vehicle front side; and an angle absorbing member that is provided at a vehicle front side end portion of the transparent member, and that is mounted to the planar portion from the vehicle front side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A front pillar structure, comprising:
a front side pillar frame member and a rear side pillar frame member that structure a front pillar that is disposed at an outer side, in a vehicle transverse direction, of a front windshield glass;
a transparent member that extends between the front side pillar frame member and the rear side pillar frame member, and that, as seen in a plan view, is disposed along a direction toward a vehicle inner side as the transparent member extends toward a vehicle front side;
a planar portion that is formed at the front side pillar frame member so as to face toward the vehicle front side, and to which an outer side end portion, in the vehicle transverse direction, of the front windshield glass is mounted from the vehicle front side; and
an angle absorbing member that is provided at the vehicle front side end portion of the transparent member, and that is mounted to the planar portion from the vehicle front side,
wherein the vehicle front side end portion of the transparent member is mounted, from the vehicle front side and via the angle absorbing member, to the planar portion.

2. A front pillar structure, comprising:
a front side pillar frame member and a rear side pillar frame member that structure a front pillar that is disposed at an outer side, in a vehicle transverse direction, of a front windshield glass;
a transparent member that extends between the front side pillar frame member and the rear side pillar frame member, and that, as seen in a plan view, is disposed along a direction toward a vehicle inner side as the transparent member extends toward a vehicle front side;
a planar portion that is formed at the front side pillar frame member so as to face toward the vehicle front side, and to which an outer side end portion, in the vehicle transverse direction, of the front windshield glass is mounted from the vehicle front side; and
an angle absorbing member that is provided at a vehicle front side end portion of the transparent member, and that is mounted to the planar portion from the vehicle front side,
wherein the angle absorbing member, as seen in a plan view, is formed substantially in a shape of a right triangle having a right angle portion that is disposed at an inner side, in the vehicle transverse direction, and at a vehicle rear side.

3. The front pillar structure of claim 1 , wherein the angle absorbing member has a positioning portion for positioning with respect to the planar portion.

4. The front pillar structure of claim 3 , wherein the positioning portion is a projecting portion.

5. The front pillar structure of claim 4 , wherein a urethane adhesive is mounted between the projecting portions.

6. The front pillar structure of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle front side end portion of the transparent member is in direct contact with the angle absorbing member.

7. The front pillar structure of claim 1 , wherein the angle absorbing member has a portion arranged, in the vehicle transverse direction, between the front windshield glass and the transparent member.

8. The front pillar structure of claim 1 , wherein the planar portion extends continuously in the vehicle transverse direction, and overlaps both the outer side end portion of the front windshield glass and the transparent member in a vehicle longitudinal direction.

9. The front pillar structure of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sealing member which is fit to the outer side end portion of the front windshield glass and abuts the angle absorbing member in an elastically deformed state.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ikeda Koki
• Kamimura Shinya
• Miyamoto Yoshiki

Classifications

• B62D25/04 Primary

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title

• B60R13/025

  Pillars; Roof rails · CPC title