Patent ID: 8979178
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. A pillar structure for a vehicle, the pillar structure comprising: an outer panel; and an inner panel joined to the outer panel, the inner panel having a lower portion that includes an opening portion into which a retractor is inserted, wherein an upper portion of the opening portion of the inner panel is depressed to an outside of the vehicle, the depressed upper portion forming (i) a retractor connection portion to which the retractor is connected, (ii) a front-side inclined portion disposed and inclined on a front side in a vehicle front-back direction of the retractor connection portion, and (iii) a rear-side inclined portion disposed and inclined on a rear side in the vehicle front-back direction of the retractor connection portion, an inclination of the rear-side inclined portion is less than an inclination of the front-side inclined portion, the front-side inclined portion has a width in the vehicle front-back direction that gradually widens in a direction away from a connection position between the retractor and the retractor connection portion, and the rear-side inclined portion has a width in the vehicle front-back direction that gradually narrows in the direction away from the connection position between the retractor and the retractor connection portion.