Patent ID: 11919573
Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle body structure comprising:
a support member of a vehicle body; and
a reinforcement member disposed along a longitudinal direction of the support member of the vehicle body to reinforce the support member of the vehicle body,
wherein the support member of the vehicle body includes a plurality of members of which each edge portion is a joint,
the reinforcement member is a processed product formed by shaping a tubular body, and includes a flange portion that protrudes on an outer peripheral portion and that is formed in the longitudinal direction of the support member of the vehicle body, and
the flange portion is an overlap portion in which a base material of the reinforcement member is crushed and parts of pipe walls of the base material overlap each other, and is joined to one of the plurality of members of the support member of the vehicle body at a location other than the joint at which the support member of the vehicle body is joined to other members different from the reinforcement member.