Patent ID: 6908146
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A side member, which is a complement of a pair located on either side of a vehicle and extending in a longitudinal direction thereof and adapted to extend under a dash panel located in the front part of the interior of the vehicle, the side member comprising: a front side member adapted to extending rearwardly, from the front of the vehicle, beyond a dash plane, which extends along a substantially vertical wall of the dash panel; and a rear side member adapted to extend forwardly, from the rear of the vehicle, beyond the dash plane, and having a surface extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and overlapping with and joined to the front side member, wherein the front side member includes an inner member having an upper front wall, a lower front wall, and an inside front wall, and an outer member having an outside front wall, wherein the inner member and the outer member form a first closed section, wherein the rear side member includes an upper member having a bottom wall, an inside rear wall, and an outside rear wall, wherein the upper member is adapted to form a second closed section with the dash panel, wherein the bottom wall is joined to the lower front wall, the inside rear wall is joined to the inside front wall, and the outside rear wall is joined to the outside front wall in the vicinity of the dash plane, and wherein the first closed section continuously connects to the second closed section.