Patent ID: 8215706

Claim:
A vehicle body side structure comprising: a door capable of opening and closing actions via a hinge relative to an opening formed in a vehicle body; a door beam disposed within the door and extending longitudinally of the vehicle body, the door beam having one end coupled with the hinge; and a load-transmitting member for transferring a load acted from a front part of the vehicle body toward a rear part of the vehicle body via the hinge, wherein the hinge includes an attachment part and a coupling part, the attachment part having an attachment part body attached to the vehicle body, and a bearing extending from the attachment part body along a rear part of the load-transmitting member for bearing a load acting on the hinge from the load-transmitting member, the coupling part is rotatably supported on the attachment part and coupled with the door beam, and wherein the rear part of the load-transmitting member has a surface extending in a width direction of the vehicle body, and the bearing of the attachment part has a front end having a surface extending in the width direction of the vehicle body, the surface of the rear part of the load-transmitting member being in contact with the surface of the front end of the bearing.