Patent ID: 7762620

Claim:
A vehicle body side structure comprising: a crossmember that is mounted on a vehicle interior floor and extends in a lateral direction of the vehicle; a door mounted laterally outside the crossmember; an inner door auxiliary member that is provided at a lower portion inside the door and extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a load transmission member that is mounted inside the door having a lateral inboard portion and a lateral outboard portion in contact with the inner door auxiliary member, and configured to receive an impact load from the auxiliary member; and a load-receiving member that is mounted on the crossmember and has a lateral outward portion facing the lateral inboard portion of the load transmission member, wherein: the lateral outward portion includes a first surface and a second surface oblique to the first surface; and at least one of the first and second surfaces is divided into an upper surface and a lower surface, with the upper surface inclined relative to the lower surface.