Patent ID: 9308941
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: B62D

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle body side portion structure in which a roof side rail provided at a side portion of a roof and a side sill provided at a side portion of a floor are connected by a center pillar, wherein: the center pillar includes an upper pillar section having an upper end joined to the roof side rail and a lower pillar section having a lower end joined to the side sill; the upper pillar section is formed as a hollow metallic pipe which comprises a high-strength steel plate, has a substantially constant cross-sectional shape, and is convexly curved outwardly in a vehicle width direction; the lower pillar section is formed by two pressed components which are respectively formed from steel plate having a lower strength than the steel plate of the upper pillar section, and which are joined to each other in the vehicle width direction to define a hollow receptacle having a closed cross-sectional shape; and a lower edge part of the upper pillar section is inserted within the hollow receptacle of the lower pillar section.