Vehicle-body structure of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11235646-B2
Application number	US-202016931329-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2020
Priority date	Jul 23, 2019
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

A side door comprises a door panel portion and a reinforcement portion (a lower-side reinforcement portion and others). The door panel portion is provided to cover an opening portion for entrance and configured such that its peripheral part overlaps with an opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member (a side sill and others) in a vehicle side view. The reinforcement portion is provided at the peripheral part of the door panel portion such that it overlaps with the opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member in the vehicle side view, thereby reinforcing the peripheral part of the door panel portion against a collision load applied to the side door from a vehicle side. The reinforcement portion is provided at a portion of the peripheral part of the door panel portion which includes a part corresponding to the vehicle-width-direction-extending vehicle-body frame member (a first floor cross member and others).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising:
an opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member forming an opening portion for entrance at a vehicle side part;
a side door provided so as to open and close the opening portion; and
a vehicle-width-direction-extending vehicle-body frame member extending in a vehicle width direction from a portion, in a peripheral direction of the opening portion, of said opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member,
wherein said side door comprises a door panel portion and a reinforcement portion, the door panel portion being provided to cover said opening portion and configured such that a peripheral part thereof overlaps with said opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member in a vehicle side view, the reinforcement portion being provided at the peripheral part of said door panel portion such that the reinforcement portion overlaps with said opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member in the vehicle side view, thereby reinforcing the peripheral part of the door panel portion against a collision load applied to the side door from a vehicle side,
wherein said reinforcement portion is provided at a portion of the peripheral part of the door panel portion which includes a part corresponding to said vehicle-width-direction-extending vehicle-body frame member;
wherein the vehicle-body structure of the vehicle further comprises:
a front-side reinforcement portion, disposed along an inner front portion of the door panel portion which extends in a substantially vertical direction along a hinge pillar of the opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member,
a rear-side reinforcement portion, disposed along an inner rear portion of the door panel portion which extends in a substantially vertical direction along a lower part of a center pillar of the opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member,
a lower-side reinforcement portion, disposed along an inner lower portion of the door panel portion which extends along a side sill of the opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member and connects a lower-side end portion of the inner front portion and a lower-side end portion of the inner rear portion, and
an upper-side reinforcement portion, disposed at a window frame portion of the door panel portion which forms a window opening portion and extends along a roof-side outer panel of the opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member;
wherein the front-side reinforcement portion overlaps with a rear-side hinge-pillar flange and a hinge-pillar side wall portion of the hinge pillar in the vehicle side view,
wherein the rear-side reinforcement portion overlaps with a front-side center-pillar flange and a center-pillar-side wall portion of the center pillar in the vehicle side view,
wherein the lower-side reinforcement portion overlaps with an upper-side side-sill flange and a side-sill side wall portion of the side sill in the vehicle side view, and
wherein the upper-side reinforcement portion overlaps with a roof-side flange of the roof-side outer panel in the vehicle side view.

2. The vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein said reinforcement portion is provided to overlap with the side sill in the vehicle side view and is provided at said peripheral part of the door panel portion such that the reinforcement portion overlaps with a floor cross member which constitutes said vehicle-width-direction-extending vehicle-body frame member in the vehicle side view.

3. The vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein said reinforcement portion is provided to overlap with the hinge pillar in the vehicle side view and is provided at said peripheral part of the door panel portion such that the reinforcement portion overlaps with an instrument-panel member which constitutes said vehicle-width-direction-extending vehicle-body frame member in the vehicle side view.

4. The vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein said reinforcement portion is provided to overlap with a roof side rail which constitutes said opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member in the vehicle side view and is provided at said peripheral part of the door panel portion such that at least a part of the reinforcement portion is located substantially at the same position, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, as a roof cross member which constitutes said vehicle-width-direction-extending vehicle-body frame member.

5. The vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 2 , wherein said reinforcement portion is provided to overlap with the hinge pillar in the vehicle side view and is provided at said peripheral part of the door panel portion such that the reinforcement portion overlaps with an instrument-panel member which constitutes said vehicle-width-direction-extending vehicle-body frame member in the vehicle side view.

6. The vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 2 , wherein said reinforcement portion is provided to overlap with a roof side rail which constitutes said opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member in the vehicle side view and is provided at said peripheral part of the door panel portion such that at least a part of the reinforcement portion is located substantially at the same position, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, as a roof cross member which constitutes said vehicle-width-direction-extending vehicle-body frame member.

7. The vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 5 , wherein said reinforcement portion is provided to overlap with a roof side rail which constitutes said opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member in the vehicle side view and is provided at said peripheral part of the door panel portion such that at least a part of the reinforcement portion is located substantially at the same position, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, as a roof cross member which constitutes said vehicle-width-direction-extending vehicle-body frame member.

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Suzuki Kaori
• Honda Masanori
• Okuyama Tomohito
• Nonaka Ryuji
• Fujii Hideaki
• Shouno Noboru
• Nakayama Daisuke
• Kizaki Isamu
• Kaiki Eri
• Sugimura Yuichi
• Shibahara Taei
• Tanaka Orie

Classifications

• B62D21/157 Primary

  for side impacts · CPC title

• B60J5/0456

  Behaviour during impact · CPC title

• B62D25/04

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title

• B62D25/025

  Side sills thereof · CPC title

• B62D25/06

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