Patent ID: 8439428

Claim:
A vehicle side body structure including a side sill of a closed sectional shape constituting a lower end of a left or right side wall of a passenger compartment with a door mounted thereon, a cross member of a floor of the passenger compartment being mounted at one end portion thereof to a substantial longitudinally-middle portion of the side sill, said vehicle side body structure comprising: a center pillar extending upward from the longitudinally-middle portion of the side sill and including an inner center pillar member, the inner center pillar member having a passed-through section passed through an interior of the side sill to partition the interior into an inner space and an outer space; an outer load transmitting member disposed within the outer space in opposed relation to the passed-through section of the inner center pillar member; and an inner load transmitting member disposed within the inner space in opposed relation to the outer load transmitting member with the passed-through section of the inner center pillar member interposed therebetween; wherein, as viewed in front elevation of the vehicle, the inner load transmitting member is located higher than the outer load transmitting member in a height direction of the vehicle and is lapped over a lower portion of the center pillar extending upward above the outer load transmitting member.