Vehicle side portion structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016264183-A1
Application number	US-201615057373-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 1, 2016
Priority date	Mar 11, 2015
Publication date	Sep 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A reinforcement patch is disposed at a vehicle inner side of a rail outer. The reinforcement patch includes an upper reinforcing portion and a lower reinforcing portion. At a boundary region between the upper reinforcing portion and the lower reinforcing portion, a reinforcement front-and-rear ridgeline is formed along an outer ridgeline. Spaced apart beads are formed at the reinforcement front-and-rear ridgeline.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle side portion structure comprising:
a roof side rail including:
a rail outer reinforcement that extends in a vehicle front-and-rear direction, a cross-sectional shape of which protrudes to a vehicle width direction outer side, the cross-sectional shape being structured by an upper wall portion and a lower wall portion, and an outer ridgeline being formed between the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion, and
a rail inner panel that is disposed at a vehicle inner side relative to the rail outer reinforcement and that forms a closed cross section between the rail outer reinforcement and the rail inner panel;
a pillar that extends in a vehicle up-and-down direction at a vehicle side portion, an upper end portion of the pillar being joined to the vehicle width direction outer side of the rail outer reinforcement; and a reinforcement member that is disposed along the rail outer reinforcement at the vehicle inner side of the rail outer reinforcement, the reinforcement member including:
an upper reinforcing portion that is disposed along the upper wall portion,
a lower reinforcing portion that is disposed along the lower wall portion,
a reinforcement front-and-rear ridgeline along the outer ridgeline between the upper reinforcing portion and the lower reinforcing portion, and
a bead that protrudes to the vehicle inner side relative to the reinforcement front-and-rear ridgeline and connects between the upper reinforcing portion and the lower reinforcing portion.

2 . The vehicle side portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
a pair of pillar up-and-down ridgelines are formed at the pillar, the pillar up-and-down ridgelines being spaced apart from one another in the vehicle front-and-rear direction and extending in the vehicle up-and-down direction, and the bead is disposed in a region between projection lines of the pair of pillar up-and-down ridgelines.

3 . The vehicle side portion structure according to claim 2 , wherein the bead is plurally formed in the region between projection lines, the beads being spaced apart.

4 . The vehicle side portion structure according to claim 2 , wherein the bead is formed at at least one of the vehicle front-and-rear direction front side or rear side relative to the region between projection lines.

5 . The vehicle side portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein the upper end portion of the pillar, the rail outer reinforcement and the reinforcement member are integrally joined.

6 . The vehicle side portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein both vehicle up-and-down direction end portions of the bead are disposed at positions that are equidistant from the reinforcement front-and-rear ridgeline.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Saito Kentaro

Classifications

• B62D25/04

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title

• B62D25/06 Primary

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

• B62D27/023

  Assembly of structural joints · CPC title