US 12,434,773 B2
Vehicle body side structure
Hiroyo Miyanaga, Wako (JP); Koichi Takahashi, Wako (JP); Naoyuki Saruwatari, Wako (JP); Takayuki Soma, Wako (JP); Masayasu Yoshida, Wako (JP); Satoru Kawabe, Wako (JP); and Hisashi Suzuki, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/659,035.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-079267 (JP), filed on May 12, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0375720 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 13/00 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/16 (2006.01); B62D 25/18 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/16 (2013.01) [B60G 13/003 (2013.01); B60G 2204/128 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body side structure comprising:
a wheel house disposed at a side portion of a vehicle body to surround an upper outer circumference and a vehicle width direction inner side of a wheel; and
a damper base fixed to an inner surface of an upper region of the wheel house to support an upper part of a damper of a suspension, wherein
an upwardly convex three-dimensional curved surface portion curved in all of a side view, a front-rear view, and a vertical view without an inflection point is provided in the upper region of the wheel house,
the damper base is fixed to an inner surface of the upwardly convex three-dimensional curved surface portion,
a rear seat is installed at a position at a rear part in a vehicle interior close to the wheel house,
a step portion is provided that is recessed along an inclination of the rear seat in a direction toward the inside of the wheel house to avoid interference with the rear seat at a portion on a front end side of an inner region of the wheel house continuous with the vehicle width direction inner side of the upper region, and
the upwardly convex three-dimensional curved surface portion to which the damper base is fixed is formed at a position which does not overlap the step portion in a vehicle body front-rear direction.