US 11,999,313 B2
Vehicle side structure
Makoto Sekizuka, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,944.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-065767 (JP), filed on Apr. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0322178 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/232 (2011.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/232 (2013.01) [B60R 21/23138 (2013.01); B60R 2021/161 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle side structure, comprising:
a window which comprises a window opening defined in a side wall of a vehicle, and a window glass configured to cover the window opening;
a curtain air bag device which is attached to a position above the window and comprises a curtain air bag being inflatable to expand downward; and
a bar-shaped member which is configured to partition the window opening into upper and lower sections when viewed along a lateral direction of the vehicle, wherein
the bar-shaped member is disposed inside the window opening or at a position located, in a vehicle width direction, on an inner side of the window opening and on an outer side of the curtain air bag being fully inflated, and
at least a part of the curtain air bag being fully inflated expands to a region below the bar-shaped member.