Patent ID: 8960780
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle side body structure comprising: a sill including an inner sill panel having an inner sill outboard surface and an outer sill panel having an outer sill inboard surface, the sill defining an internal sill space between the inner sill outboard surface and the outer sill inboard surface, and the inner sill panel and the outer sill panel being rigidly connected along a longitudinally extending upper connection area and along a longitudinally extending lower connection area; an A-pillar including an inner A-pillar panel having an inner A-pillar outboard surface and an outer A-pillar panel having an outer A-pillar inboard surface, the A-pillar rigidly connected to the sill and defining an internal A-pillar space between the inner A-pillar outboard surface and the outer A-pillar inboard surface with the internal sill space and the internal A-pillar space being in communication, the inner A-pillar panel and outer A-pillar panel being rigidly connected together along a vertically extending forward connection area and along a vertically extending rearward connection area; and a reinforcement member located within both the internal sill space and the internal A-pillar space, the reinforcement member having a forward section fixedly attached to the A-pillar at a front attachment point along the forward connection area of the A-pillar, a rearward section fixedly attached to the sill at a rear attachment point along the lower attachment area, and a main bracing part extending diagonally from the forward section to the rearward section, the main bracing part having a cylindrical shape.