An outer panel is made thinner than an inner panel, and a rear face facing a front door is folded so as to form a valley groove hollowed toward the interior of a tube constituted by true outer panel and the inner panel, whereby when a large magnitude of external force is applied to a front face in a rear ward direction, the outer panel is allowed to be deformed more largely than the inner panel to thereby collapse the valley groove, whereby the rearward travel of the rear face can be reduced.
In a body pillar for a motor vehicle, which is put together from a plurality of profiled shells to form a hollow pillar which includes a wall pillar section and a roof pillar section angled with respect thereto, a reinforcing tube being fastened within the hollow pillar, the tube extending in the longitudinal direction of the roof pillar section into the wall pillar section. The reinforcing tube is supported in the transition region between the roof pillar and wall pillar section by an end of a strut which extends in the vertical direction of the wall pillar section and encloses a supporting angle with the reinforcing tube.
A shock absorber is accommodated in a space defined between an inner panel and a garnish panel of a vehicle to absorb secondary collision between the vehicle and a passenger. The shock absorber includes a hollow main body and a projection that protrudes outward or inward. When receiving shock by a passenger occupying a driver's seat, the shock absorber is deformed to fold the projection. When receiving shock by a passenger occupying a passenger seat that is located next to the driver's seat, the shock absorber is deformed to unfold the projection.
An impact absorbing structure for a vehicle side door which opens and closes an opening formed in a side part of a vehicle, the side door including: a door main body which has a door inner panel and a door outer panel joined to the door inner panel; and a door sash portion which extends upward from the door main body and supports a door window member, in which: a sash-side door trim which covers the door sash portion is provided in the door sash portion on the inside of a vehicle cabin; and an impact absorbing portion which absorbs an impact load when an occupant comes into contact with the sash-side door trim from the inside of the vehicle cabin is provided in a front longitudinal-side part of the sash-side door trim.
A front pillar structure of vehicle, wherein a front pillar inner panel and a front pillar outer panel each joined and coupled at both ends thereof; a front door checker bracket having one lateral end thereof coupled at plane thereof with an inner surface of the front pillar outer panel and having the other lateral end thereof extended and bent along an inner surface of the front pillar inner panel; and a door checker reinforcing bracket inserted in the shape of layers and coupled at plane thereof between an inner surface of the front pillar inner panel and the front door checker bracket, whereby rigidity of the front pillar is reinforced by shapes and coupled structure of the front door checker bracket and the door checker reinforcing bracket such that, even when a head-on collision and offset collision occur while an automobile is running, both joined parts between the front pillar inner panel and the front pillar outer panel are prevented from easy separation therebetween, whereby the entire body is also avoided from being excessively disintegrated, thereby protecting the safety of passengers to a maximum, and improving the quality of the automobile.
