Patent ID: 8366182

Claim:
An element for a vehicle body comprising: a body configured to be disposed at a front of a vehicle cabin and extend substantially in a vehicle width direction, wherein the element body has a cross section of a circular pipe shape with an inner diameter portion and an outer diameter portion and comprises a rigid portion only in the inner diameter portion and a stay in a middle part in the vehicle width direction which is vertically supportable of a lower part of the element body; the element body is divided at least into a driver's seat-side portion and a passenger's seat-side portion, such that the rigid portion includes a rigid portion on the driver's seat-side portion and a rigid portion on the passenger's seat-side portion, and the rigid portion on the driver's seat-side portion and the rigid portion on the passenger's seat-side portion are configured differently from each other; the element body is structurally divided into the driver's seat portion and the passenger's seat-side portion from a position of the stay; the rigid portion of the driver's seat-side portion includes a rigid portion for an upper half driver's seat-side portion, and a rigid portion for a lower half driver's seat-side portion; and the rigid portion for the upper half driver's seat-side portion is a torsional deformation reducing portion having an inner curved surface, and is disposed in a rear half of the driver's seat-side portion in a vehicle front-back direction so as to be capable of reducing and preventing torsional deformation of the driver's seat-side portion.