Patent ID: 8205925

Claim:
A vehicle body reinforcing structure comprising: a front body which constitutes a front portion of a vehicle body; a side wall member which constitutes a part of a side wall of the vehicle body and is curved so as to be convex toward the vehicle body outside, and to which a front door is attached via a door hinge; a connecting member disposed on an outer surface of the side wall member and for connecting the side wall member to the front body; a reinforcing member, which is attached to the vehicle body inside of the side wall member along an up-and-down direction of an attachment region of the door hinge of the side wall member, is curved along the curved side wall member, and reinforces the side wall member; two brace members, which have a plane surface part and a surface that is curved so as to be concave on the vehicle body inner side of the reinforcing member, fit to the inner surface of the concave portion, and are configured so that the plane surface part of each of the brace members extends in the vehicle body longitudinal direction; and a bolt for fastening the connecting member, the side wall member, the reinforcing member, and the brace members together, wherein the door hinge is also attached to the reinforcing member together with the side wall member; and wherein an upper brace member of the two brace members is attached to the vicinity of an upper side of a mounting position of the door hinge and a lower brace member of the two brace members is attached to the vicinity of a lower side of the mounting position of the door hinge, on the inner surface of the reinforcing structure that is curved so as to be concave.