Patent ID: 9701344
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. A frame structure for a vehicle, in which a frame having a rectangular closed cross section is configured to bend when receiving a vehicle collision load, the bending frame comprising a compression-side panel, a tension-side panel, and a pair of short side panels which connect respective upper and lower end portions of the compression-side panel and the tension-side panel, the frame structure for the vehicle comprising: a bead portion provided at the compression-side panel of the frame to be recessed toward an inside of the closed cross section of the frame and extend toward the pair of short side panels of the frame; a first reinforcing member provided in the closed cross section of the frame and joined to an inner face of the tension-side panel of the frame so as to form a first sub cross section extending in a longitudinal direction of the frame between the tension-side panel of the frame and the first reinforcing member; and a second reinforcing member provided in the closed cross section of the frame and joined to an inner face of a portion of the compression-side panel of the frame where the bead portion is provided so as to form a second sub cross section extending toward the pair of short side panels of the frame between the portion of the compression-side panel of the frame and the second reinforcing member, wherein said first and second reinforcing members are configured such that respective inside end portions thereof are spaced apart from each other.