Patent ID: 7896428
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle body structure for a front part or a rear part of a vehicle, comprising: a side member extending in an anteroposterior direction of the vehicle, the side member comprising a first portion, a second portion, and a coupling portion connecting the first portion and the second portion, the first portion extending between a bumper reinforcing member and the coupling portion in the anteroposterior direction of the vehicle, and the second portion extending from the coupling portion away from the first portion in the anteroposterior direction of the vehicle; wherein the bumper reinforcing member is connected to a bumper end of the first portion; a flexural portion provided on a coupling end of the first portion adjacent to the coupling portion, the flexural portion having a vertical bending strength smaller than that of the bumper end and smaller than that of the second portion; and a pendent member connected to a lower part of the first portion between the bumper end and the coupling end and having an anteroposterior bending strength larger than the bending strength of the flexural portion.