Patent ID: 8075047
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An automotive vehicle body structure, comprising: a dash panel separating an engine room from a passenger compartment; a front pillar extending vertically along each outboard edge of the dash panel; a wheel house portion connected between the outboard edge of the dash panel and an opposing side of a lower part of the front pillar, wherein the boundary between the dash panel and wheel house portion is formed as a bead having an arcuate cross section, a convex side of the arcuate cross section facing and projecting toward a side of the engine room; and a reinforcing member extending along a boundary between the outboard edge of the dash panel and wheel house portion and defining a closed cross section jointly with the dash panel and wheel house, wherein the reinforcing member is attached to the dash panel and wheel house from a side of the passenger compartment.