Patent ID: 8419115
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle body side structure comprising: right and left side sills disposed on left and right sides of a vehicle body and extending longitudinally of the vehicle body; right and left rear wheelhouses disposed rearward of the right and left side sills and covering upper halves of right and left rear wheels, wherein the right and left side sills have closed-cross-sectional shapes continuously extending from front ends of the right and left side sills to rear ends of the right and left side sills, and the right and left side sills have right and left joining members joining rear end portions of the right and left side sills to the right and left rear wheelhouses with the closed-cross-sectional shapes maintained, wherein the right and left rear wheelhouses comprise right and left wheelhouse bodies assembled onto the vehicle body, and right and left wheelhouse extensions extending downward from and joined to front lower ends of the right and left wheelhouse bodies, wherein the right and left wheelhouse bodies have right and left flanges at the front lower ends, wherein the right and left wheelhouse extensions have right and left flanges joined to the right and left flanges of the right and left wheelhouse bodies assembled onto the vehicle body, wherein the right and left joining members are joined to the right and left wheelhouse extensions joined to the right and left wheelhouse bodies, wherein the right and left flanges of the right and left wheelhouse bodies have mating surfaces and the right and left flanges of the right and left wheelhouse extensions have mating surfaces underlying and joined to the mating surfaces of the right and left flanges of the right and left wheelhouse bodies, and wherein the mating surfaces of the right and left flanges of the right and left wheelhouse bodies have laterally inner ends and laterally outer ends, and are slanted with the laterally outer ends located higher than the laterally inner ends, and the mating surfaces of the right and left flanges of the right and left wheelhouse extensions have laterally inner ends and laterally outer ends, and are slanted with the laterally outer ends located higher than the laterally inner ends.