Patent ID: 9616937
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. A vehicle body structure comprising: a first vehicle body panel that is made of die-cast aluminum; a second vehicle body panel that is made of a metal material having a higher fatigue strength than the die-cast aluminum of the first vehicle body panel; and a third vehicle body panel that is made of a metal material having a higher fatigue strength than the die-cast aluminum of the first vehicle body panel, the third vehicle body panel being joined to the first vehicle body panel by a first joint, the third vehicle body panel being interposed between the first vehicle body panel and the second vehicle body panel and the third vehicle body panel being joined to the second vehicle body panel by a second joint, wherein the third vehicle body panel includes a deformable portion provided between the first joint and the second joint, the deformable portion configured to elastically deform, when a load in a direction away from the second vehicle body panel acts on the first vehicle body panel, in the direction in which the load acts on the first vehicle body panel.