| CPC B62D 25/04 (2013.01) [B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B60R 25/241 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
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4. A vehicle side structure, comprising:
a side door; and
a pillar which is elongated in a vehicle vertical direction and is, in a vehicle width direction, opposed to an end portion, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, of the side door, the pillar comprising at least a pillar reinforcement;
wherein the end portion, in the vehicle longitudinal direction, of the side door incorporates a digital key sensor and has a protruding region in which a surface located on an inner side of the side door in the vehicle width direction is swollen inward in the vehicle width direction,
wherein the pillar reinforcement comprises;
an outer wall facing outward in the vehicle width direction and having an indented region which is formed by curving or bending a part of a main surface of the outer wall so as to be protruded inward in the vehicle width direction when viewed in the vehicle longitudinal direction, for avoiding interference with the protruding region,
a center concave bead extending along the vehicle vertical direction at a center, in the vehicle longitudinal direction, of the outer wall, the center concave bead being depressed inward in the vehicle width direction from the main surface, and
a center convex bead which is raised from a bottom surface of the center concave bead so as to be at least partially located in a groove of the center concave bead; and
wherein a vertical length range of the center convex bead is at least partially overlapped with a vertical length range of the indented region, wherein the center convex bead is gradually raised from the bottom surface of the center concave bead in a sloped shape in which a degree of protrusion of the center convex bead increases toward a lower end of the center convex bead, while an upper end of a top surface of the center convex bead is directly joined to the bottom surface of the center concave bead.
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