Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle body lower structure
- Patent Title (中): 车体下部结构
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Application No.: US12302573Application Date: 2007-05-11
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Publication No.: US07963588B2Publication Date: 2011-06-21
- Inventor: Shunsuke Kanagai , Akihiro Sarada
- Applicant: Shunsuke Kanagai , Akihiro Sarada
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: JP2006-148625 20060529
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/059756 WO 20070511
- International Announcement: WO2007/138839 WO 20071206
- Main IPC: B62D21/15
- IPC: B62D21/15

Abstract:
An object is to suppress vehicle body deformation in a side collision without sacrificing a vehicle interior space.Provided is a first reinforcing member 10 disposed in a locker 12 at a vehicle lateral direction inner side, and a second reinforcing member 20 disposed in locker 12 at a vehicle lateral direction outer side, which opposes first reinforcing member 10 in a vehicle lateral direction, and which is provided with a side surface 20A and an end surface 20E (engaging portions) that engage with first reinforcing member 10 when locker 12 deforms. When locker 12 begins to deform due to a side collision to a vehicle 18, end surface 20E of second reinforcing member 20 contacts and engages flange 10E of first reinforcing member 10, and a torsional deformation can be suppressed, and side surface 20A contacts flange 10D, and a crushing deformation of locker 12 in a vehicle lateral direction can be suppressed. Since first reinforcing member 10 and second reinforcing member 20 are provided in locker 12, vehicle interior space is not sacrificed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090146457A1 VEHICLE BODY LOWER STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2009-06-11
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