Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11529999-B2
Application number	US-202117396074-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2021
Priority date	Sep 4, 2020
Publication date	Dec 20, 2022
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle may include: a roof; a back door; a pillar provided next to the back door, having a tubular shape, and extending slantingly downward and backward from the roof; a vertical member provided below the pillar, extending along a vertical direction, and connected to the pillar from below; and a reinforcing member provided inside the pillar at a connection between the pillar and the vertical member and joined to the pillar.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a roof;
a back door;
a pillar provided next to the back door, having a tubular shape, and extending slantingly downward and backward from the roof;
a vertical member provided below the pillar, extending along a vertical direction, and connected to the pillar from below the pillar; and
a reinforcing member provided inside the pillar at a connection between the pillar and the vertical member and joined to the pillar, wherein
an inner surface of the pillar includes a ceiling surface and a floor surface, the reinforcing member comprises:
a top plate extending along and joined to the ceiling surface;
a side plate extending downward from at least one of a front end and a rear end of the top plate; and
a flange extending from the side plate along the floor surface, and joined to the floor surface,

the reinforcing member comprises an end that is not joined to the pillar, the end being on an outer side of the reinforcing member in a width direction of the vehicle, and
the top plate and the side plate are stepped at the end of the reinforcing member.

2. A vehicle comprising:
a roof;
a back door;
a pillar provided next to the back door, having a tubular shape, and extending slantingly downward and backward from the roof;
a vertical member provided below the pillar, extending along a vertical direction, and connected to the pillar from below the pillar; and
a reinforcing member provided inside the pillar at a connection between the pillar and the vertical member and joined to the pillar, wherein
an inner surface of the pillar includes a ceiling surface and a floor surface,
the reinforcing member comprises:
a top plate extending along and joined to the ceiling surface;
a side plate extending downward from at least one of a front end and a rear end of the top plate; and
a flange extending from the side plate along the floor surface, and joined to the floor surface,

the reinforcing member comprises a first plate portion extending upward from the top plate,
the pillar comprises an upper plate constituting the ceiling surface and a lower plate constituting the floor surface,
the upper plate comprises a second plate portion extending along the first plate portion,
the lower plate comprises a third plate portion extending along the first plate portion, and
the first plate portion, the second plate portion, and the third plate portion are joined to each other.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Itoh Tadashi
• Kamimura Shinya
• Imazato Tatsunari

Classifications

• B62D25/06 Primary

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

• B60J5/107

  constructional details, e.g. about door frame, panels, materials used, reinforcements · CPC title

• B62D25/02

  Side panels {(B62D33/046 takes precedence; sideboards for open load compartments B62D33/023)} · CPC title

• B62D25/087

  Luggage compartments · CPC title

• B62D25/04 Primary

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title