Patent ID: 8371643

Claim:
A lower structure of vehicle front pillars, comprising: paired right and left side sills being arranged in lower portions on both lateral sides of a vehicle, respectively, so as to extend in a vehicle front and rear directions; an outer reinforcement for the side sill forming an outer portion, in a vehicle width direction, of each side sill; an inner panel for the side sill being arranged on an inner side, in the vehicle width direction, of each side sill; front pillars being formed so as to stand on front ends of the side sills, respectively: a hinge for a front door being attached to each front pillar; and outer panels for side bodies covering outer reinforcements for the respective front pillars and parts of the respective side sills, respectively; wherein each outer reinforcement for the side sill is segmented, in the vehicle front and rear direction, into three parts, such as a first component, a second component, and a third component positioning sequentially from a front of the vehicle; wherein strengths of the first, second, and third components are set to be higher sequentially in this order; wherein the first, second, and third components are joined and integrated together; wherein a front end flange of the first component is joined to a front end flange of the inner panel for the side sill, and a rear end portion of the first component is joined to a front end portion of the second component; and wherein a front end portion of the third component has a cross sectional shape becoming narrower toward the front of the vehicle, and a front end of the third component is arranged so as to overlap with the hinge for the front door in the vehicle front and rear direction.