Disclosed is a car body of a two-door type including a center pillar provided on each side portion of the car body, a rear fender integrated with the bottom of the center pillar, a rear side glass elevatably provided along the center pillar, and a stiffener having a front wall, a side wall and a rear wall which are formed to have a channel shape in cross-section so as to fit on the inner surface of the center pillar. The stiffener is tightly arranged within the center pillar. The stiffener exten...

A support structure for motor vehicles, especially for passenger motor vehicles, which includes on each side of the vehicle one floor bearer and one roof bearer that are connected within the central area thereof by a door column; the connecting places for the door columns at the floor bearers and at the roof bearers are constructed as stamped-out parts extending in the direction of the door columns.

The present invention relates to a metal profile (1), for a vehicle body section. The profile includes side walls (10a, 10b), a base plate (8) and two support walls (2a, 2b). The walls (2a, 2b, 10a, 10b) and base plate (8) constituting a sectional area with at least three hollow sections (6a, 6b, 7). The base plate (8) and said support walls (2a, 2b) constitute an internal section (7), of said metal profile with a substantially triangular sectional area. The internal triangular section (7) havin...

Basically, a vehicle body structure is configured to reduce the rotation of a side roof rail that may occur during a side collision that deforms the center pillar inwardly of the vehicle body. The vehicle body structure basically includes a side rail reinforcement member located in the area where the center pillar is attached to the roof side rail. The reinforcement member can basically be divided into a first side rail reinforcement section that extends in a forward to aft direction along the r...

A vehicle body structure, comprises: a pair of rear wheel housing each having inner and outer housing half portions, and inner and outer flange portions respectively extending radially outwardly from the outer circumferences of said housing half portions, said inner and outer flange portions being integral with said housing half portions and connected to each other for forming in combination said rear wheel housing; said outer flange portion being bent in a lateral direction of said rear wheel h...

A reinforcing support structure for an automotive vehicle body having a sheet structure (10) including a pair of side sheet structures (11, 12). Upper stiffener (17) and lower stiffener (18) are secured to the interior of side sheet structures (11,12). Stiffeners 17 and 18 may have a cross-sectional shape as illustrated by stiffener (39) in FIG. 6. Stiffener (39) includes a mounting flange (41) and an opposed flange (42) which have free edge portions. Beads or curls (44,46) are formed on the fre...

A lightweight pillar structure having high absorbing effect of impact energy is provided. A center pillar (12) made of a light alloy is formed of a pillar body (20) and a functional part mounting portion (22) integrally formed together. The functional part mounting portion (22) is a cylindrical hollow boss, and a slide rail (126) is mounted to a thread portion formed in an inner periphery of the cylindrical hollow boss. The slide rail (126) is formed so as not to project from an inner side face ...

A structural supporting roof pillar for use in a vehicle including an elongated, interiorly hollowed and polygonal shaped body having a selected arcuate lengthwise configuration and corresponding in placement to at least one of an A, B, and C vehicle pillar. A first component supporting flange is integrally formed, such as by overlapping end portions of a roll formed body, and projecting in at least a partially lengthwise extending fashion from a given cross sectional location. A secondary compo...

A body structure for a two-door type automobile including a roof rail extending along each side of a roof panel, a side sill extending along each side of a floor panel, a center pillar having an upper end connected with the roof rail and extending substantially downwardly therefrom, a rear fender panel having a substantially vertically extending front edge portion which is bent transversely inwardly of the body structure to form a stepped configuration complementary to a rear edge configuration ...

A fabricated uniside unit for a unitized body structure having reinforced joint constructions utilizing small economical stampings doubled in high stress areas for greater strength and forming frustum reinforced beam sections at extremely stressed areas.