US 11,753,084 B2
Vehicle body structure
Takashi Oda, Kanagawa (JP); Shinichiro Takemoto, Kanagawa (JP); Toshikazu Torigaki, Kanagawa (JP); Naoya Matsuoka, Kanagawa (JP); Zhe Jiang, Kanagawa (JP); and Masaki Koyama, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 17/422,869
Filed by NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/000074
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/148563, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194485 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 29/00 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 29/004 (2013.01) [B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B62D 25/08 (2013.01); B62D 25/2036 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body structure comprising:
a body side section that is configured of a first composite component that comprises a metal plate and a fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion containing discontinuous fibers; and
a body lower section that is configured of a second composite component that comprises a metal plate and a fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion containing discontinuous fibers, wherein
the fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion of the first composite component is configured to include a plurality of reinforcements formed on the metal plate,
the fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion of the second composite component is configured to include a planar portion whose circumference is integrated with the metal plate,
the body side section and the body lower section are adjoined by adjoining the metal plate of the first composite component and the metal plate of the second composite component, and
the discontinuous fibers contained in the fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion of the second composite component are longer than the discontinuous fibers contained in the fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion of the first composite component.