Patent ID: 6499798
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A vehicle body structure having a front side member in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle, wherein said front side member comprising:a cylindrical front side member body disposed at a side of an engine compartment of the vehicle, wherein the cylindrical front side member body comprises a substantially octagonal sectional form extending from a front end to a rear end; a kick up portion extending from a front end of a floor side member constituting a frame of a floor portion of the vehicle toward a rear end of said front side member body while rising upward; wherein said front side member body and said kick up portion are integrated together by joining an inner member and an outer member; and wherein the inner member and the outer member are joined together at a joint where a portion at the rear end of said front side member body and a portion at the front end of said kick up portion are concaved to be in contact with each other and are joined together, so that a first closed section is formed at an upper side of the joint and a second closed section is formed at a lower side of the joint.