US 11,745,801 B2
Vehicle body structure
Taku Nagahama, Wako (JP); and Kodai Baiju, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/638,908
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/033282
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/065310, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-183601 (JP), filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297760 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/02 (2013.01) [B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B62D 27/023 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body structure comprising:
a roof side rail which extends in a front and rear direction of a vehicle body on a lateral side above the vehicle body and which forms a hollow closed cross section by an inner wall and an outer wall;
a roof arch which is joined to a roof arch connection portion of the inner wall; and
a center pillar of which an upper end portion is joined to the roof side rail and a lower end portion is joined to a side sill,
wherein the outer wall includes a first ridgeline and a second ridgeline which are provided above and below and a concave portion which is provided in the second ridgeline,
wherein the first ridgeline continuously extends from a front end to a rear end of the roof side rail so that a load input from the front and rear direction of the vehicle body is able to be transmitted to the roof side rail,
wherein the second ridgeline includes a bent portion which is recessed toward the first ridgeline to form the concave portion at a position matching the roof arch connection portion in the front and rear direction of the vehicle body, and
wherein the upper end portion of the center pillar is joined to the concave portion.