Patent ID: 6450565
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B60J,B62D

Abstract:
A side wall construction of a vehicle body, comprising an annular frame structure composed of a first pillar portion, a second pillar portion displaced rearward from the first pillar portion, a roof side portion connecting an upper end of the second pillar portion with an upper end of the first pillar portion, and a locker portion connecting a lower end of the second pillar portion with a lower end of the first pillar portion, so as to define a framed door opening, and a door adapted to selectively open or closed the framed door opening, wherein the door is longitudinally reinforced by a longitudinal reinforcement of a tubular member having an integral cross section, the tubular member providing an upper edge of a lower half portion of the door thereby defining a window opening thereabove in an upper half portion of the door, while reinforcing the door longitudinally so that, when the first pillar portion is biased toward the second pillar portion by a force longitudinal to the vehicle body with the door closed, a larger part of the force is resisted by the door than by the roof side portion.