Patent ID: 8474903

Claim:
A vehicle body structure comprising: a vehicle roof member; a first panel connected with and depending downwardly from the vehicle roof member; a second panel connected with the first panel, wherein the first panel and the second panel form, when connected, a vehicle pillar; and a serpentine-shaped reinforcement structure including a plurality of peak sections and a plurality of valley sections disposed in the vehicle pillar between the first panel and the second panel, wherein the reinforcement structure is fixed to the first panel via a weld at a peak section and the reinforcement structure is closest to the second panel at a valley section, wherein the reinforcement structure includes a first surface contacting the first panel and a second surface, which is opposite the first surface, facing and spaced from the second panel, wherein the first surface of the reinforcement structure contacts the first panel at each peak section and the second surface of the reinforcement structure at each valley section defines a gap between each valley section of the reinforcement structure and the second panel and wherein the reinforcement section is welded to the first panel at each of the peak sections and the reinforcement section is fixed to the second panel via the structural adhesive at each of the valley sections.