Abstract: A liftgate integrating bulkhead reinforcements into an inner panel and/or outer panel of the liftgate or closure creating an efficient design that adds mold-in reinforcement structure and eliminates the need to add steel or plastic parts to meet performance requirements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a side sill of a vehicle, the side sill being structurally more robust while having reduced costs and weight. The side sill of a vehicle according to an embodiment comprises: a side sill internal panel; a side sill external panel which is spaced apart from the side sill internal panel; a side sill external reinforcement coupled to the side sill external panel; a partition member arranged between the side sill internal panel and the side sill external reinforcement; a first reinforcing member arranged between the partition member and the side sill internal panel; and a second reinforcing member arranged between the partition member and the side sill external reinforcement.

Abstract: A lateral surface member structure (100) of a vehicle body (1) includes a tubular body (110) extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body (1) and an impact absorbing member (120) disposed inside the tubular body (110). The impact absorbing member (120) includes a web (121) extending along the front-rear direction and flat in a vehicle width direction, a vehicle outer flange (122) joined to a vehicle outer end portion of the web (121) and extending along the front-rear direction, and a vehicle inner flange (123) joined to a vehicle inner end portion of the web (121) and extending along the front-rear direction. The vehicle outer flange (122) and the vehicle inner flange (123) each include a rib (122R, 123R) disposed so as to sandwich the web (121) from above and below and extending along the front-rear direction.

Abstract: A trim element, in particular for a vehicle interior, which conveys a particular aesthetic impression. A trim element with a first decorative layer that is light-transmissive at least in part between a light-transmissive intermediate layer on a rear side of the first decorative layer and a transparent cover layer and a second decorative layer of the intermediate layer on a front side of the second decorative layer and a carrier, where the second decorative layer is visible at least in part through the intermediate layer.

Abstract: A vehicle battery protection structure includes a vehicle frame member, a first duct, and a second duct. The vehicle frame member is disposed in a region including a battery. The vehicle frame member has a through hole. The battery is mountable on a vehicle. The first duct is disposed on an outside of the battery at a location oriented toward an outside of the vehicle. The second duct is inserted through the through hole of the vehicle frame member. The second duct is disposed to overlap the first duct in a vertical direction of the first duct on the outside of the battery at the location oriented toward the outside of the vehicle.

Abstract: A side sill for a motor vehicle has a side-sill inner part assigned to a floor assembly, a bottom flange and a side-sill outer part which bounds a cavity of the side sill, in which a reinforcing part, which is fastened to the side-sill inner part, is arranged. In order to provide a side sill which is optimized in respect of simple manufacturing and installation and also needs-oriented design, and by which improved adaptability of the components to different construction variants is possible, the side-sill inner part and the bottom flange are designed as separate components which are connected to each other at least indirectly along a flange connection running in the direction of longitudinal extent of the side sill.

Abstract: A lateral section structure (10) of a vehicle body is equipped with a center pillar (14) which extends in a vertical direction and in which an outer panel (31) and an inner panel (32) are joined. An opening section (96) into which a seatbelt component (50) is inserted is formed in the inner panel. The outer panel has a lower section and an upper section. The lower section forms a lower portion of the outer panel. The upper section overlaps the lower section and extends upward. A lower end of the upper section is inclined upward or downward in a forward-rearward direction of a vehicle body along a lower end of an overlapping section in which the lower section and the upper section overlap and are joined to each other, and is disposed at a position at which the lower end of the upper section faces the opening section.

Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure includes a pair of rear side frames on left and right sides that extend substantially along a vehicle front-rear direction; and a rear floor panel to whose front part region, where a rear seat is disposed, the pair of rear side frames are combined. A rear part region of the rear floor panel is configured by a double panel structure having an upper wall and a lower wall. The rear part region of the rear floor panel extends further to a vehicle rear side than the pair of rear side frames. Each rear end part of the pair of rear side frames includes an inclined support part that inclines toward a vehicle front side toward an inner side in a vehicle width direction. The double panel structure is combined to the inclined support part of each of the rear side frames.

Abstract: A vehicle bodyside structure to be applied to a vehicle includes a side sill, a first reinforce, a second reinforce, and a third reinforce. The side sill is disposed on a rear side of a front tire of the vehicle. The side sill extends along a vehicle fore-and-aft direction. The first reinforce is disposed in a front end side of the side sill. The first reinforce includes a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion extends from an inner side to an outer side in a vehicle width direction. The rear portion extends along the vehicle fore-and-aft direction. The second reinforce at least partly overlaps the rear portion of the first reinforce. The third reinforce is disposed on a rear side of the first reinforce. The second reinforce overlaps a vicinity of a rear end of the rear portion of the first reinforce.

Abstract: The rear side body structure includes: a side sill outer panel forming a lower part of a side surface of a vehicle body, extending along a front-to-rear longitudinal direction of a vehicle, and including a bonding surface part on a rear end part thereof; a quarter inner panel connected to the side sill outer panel and forming a rear side surface of the vehicle body located at a rear of a rear door; and a first reinforcing member coupled to the side sill outer panel and to the quarter inner panel, and configured to cover a coupling portion between the side sill outer panel and the quarter inner panel, wherein the bonding surface part protrudes rearward and is bonded to a surface of the quarter inner panel.

Abstract: Rocker structure (R1-R3) for a vehicle comprising a first steel profile (1) and a second steel profile (2) having the longitudinal direction (L) of the vehicle so that a channel (CH) is defined therebetween, the first and second profiles(1, 2) comprising a vertical central section (13), the rocker structure (R1-R3) comprising a first impact absorption element (3) arranged in the channel (CH), wherein the first impact absorption element (3) is a closed steel profile wherein an upper lobe (31) and a lower lobe (32) joined by a central joining section (33) are defined, the upper lobe (31) being located closer to the upper joining flanges (11, 21), the lower lobe (32) closer to the lower joining flanges (21, 22). The invention also relates to a method for obtaining the rocker structure and to vehicles provided with the inventive rocker structure.

Abstract: A vehicle lower body structure can include: a side sill that forms a first closed cross section extending in a body front-rear direction; and a reinforcing member provided in the first closed cross section to reinforce a front end portion of the side sill. The reinforcing member can have: a front-end reinforcing section that supports a collision load applied to the front end portion of the side sill and directed rearward in a vehicle body; a deformation permission section that permits deformation of the side sill directed inward in a vehicle width direction and rearward at the time when the collision load directed inward in the vehicle width direction and rearward is applied to the front end portion of the side sill; and a deformation suppression section suppressing deformation of the side sill after the deformation of the side sill directed inward in the vehicle width direction and rearward.

Abstract: A modular vehicle body includes a pair of outer frames. An inner board space with a fixed width is defined between the outer frames. Each outer frame includes a front side board and a door sill. The front side board includes a main board provided with a vertical board having a predetermined width. A first flange is provided on a side of the vertical board. The door sill includes an inner board provided with a horizontal board having a predetermined width. A second flange is provided on a side of the horizontal board. The inner board is fixedly coupled to the main board. The first flange and the second flange form an outer edge. A width between the outer edges of the pair of outer frames is set to correspond to a width of a vehicle body.

Abstract: An apparatus for a vehicle body including a rocker insert is provided. The apparatus includes a vehicle body including a plurality of metallic structure members and a lower portion operable to provide support to a floor surface within a passenger compartment of a vehicle and a rocker insert mounted to an in-vehicle side portion of the lower portion. The rocker insert includes an elongated bar portion including a hollow center portion including internal reinforcing web features. The rocker insert is oriented with respect to the vehicle body such that a longitudinal axis of the elongated bar portion of the rocker insert is parallel to an in-vehicle forward direction of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A structure for shielding a rail exposed to an outside of a sliding door vehicle includes a rail configured to be mounted in a vehicle, a drive unit movably connected to the rail, and a cover unit having one side connected to the drive unit and configured to be foldable and unfoldable. The cover unit is configured to move to open or close a space in which the rail is positioned.

Abstract: A vehicle body lower structure may include: a rocker arranged in a lower lateral part of a vehicle body and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle body; a power source arranged adjacent to the rocker; a first energy absorbing member arranged under the rocker; a second energy absorbing member arranged between the first energy absorbing member and the power source; and a bracket extending from a bottom of the power source along a vehicle width direction, the bracket being fixed to the second energy absorbing member, wherein the first energy member, the rocker, and the bracket are fixed to each other.

Abstract: A side sill structure for a vehicle includes: a side sill having a cavity; a side sill reinforcement which is received in the cavity of the side sill; and a battery mounting pipe which is joined to the side sill reinforcement, wherein the side sill reinforcement is joined to the side sill as a mounting bolt is fastened to the battery mounting pipe.

Abstract: A vehicle lower section structure includes a battery unit that is disposed below a floor panel, a sliding door that is provided to a side section of a vehicle body, and a lower hinge that is attached to a lower portion of the sliding door, that supports the sliding door with respect to the vehicle body such that the sliding door is capable of sliding in a vehicle front-rear direction, and that is disposed further toward a vehicle upper side than the battery unit.

Abstract: In a vehicle body side part structure, a front pillar has a pillar inner panel and a pillar outer panel. A side sill has a sill inner panel and a sill outer panel. A sidewall and a front wall of the pillar outer panel on an inner side in a vehicle width direction extend to a position at which the sidewall and the front wall overlap the side sill in an upward/downward direction. A defective section is provided on a front section of the sill outer panel. A reinforcement plate extending in a vehicle upward/downward direction is coupled to a rear region of an inner side surface of the pillar outer panel. A lower end of the reinforcement plate extends to a position at which the lower end overlaps the defective section in the upward/downward direction on a side behind the defective section. A lower edge portion of the sidewall of the pillar outer panel is joined to a sidewall of the sill outer panel on an outer side in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: The vehicle body lower structure disclosed herein may include: a hollow rocker arranged at a lower lateral part of a vehicle body and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle body; a reinforcement member arranged in the rocker; a power source arranged adjacent to the rocker; and an energy absorbing member (an EA member) arranged under the rocker and connected to the power source. A bolt may fix both of the EA member and the reinforcement member to the rocker.

Abstract: A side sill structure for a vehicle includes: a side sill connected to a floor of the vehicle, and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a rear wheel house connected to a rear end of the side sill. The side sill includes an outer side sill facing an exterior of the vehicle, an inner side sill facing an interior of the vehicle, and a reinforcement disposed between the outer side sill and the inner side sill. The reinforcement extends from a front of the vehicle to the rear wheel house, and a cross-section of the reinforcement is unchanged along a longitudinal direction of the reinforcement.

Abstract: A side sill structure for a vehicle includes: a side sill which is connected to an edge of a center floor and has a first cavity and a second cavity which are divided by a partition; a reinforcing member which is received in the first cavity of the side sill and is deformable by an impact load; and a component which is accommodated in the second cavity of the side sill. In particular, the second cavity is located above the first cavity.

Abstract: A side rigidity reinforcement structure of a vehicle includes: a side sill which is extended in a front and rear direction of the vehicle and includes a side sill inner reinforcement and a side sill outer reinforcement; a first center floor cross member disposed in a width direction of the vehicle and bonded to a center floor panel; and a side arch reinforcement formed to be convex upward and having a center portion spaced apart from the center floor panel. In particular, the side arch reinforcement includes: a first end penetrating the side sill inner reinforcement so to be bonded on an inner lower surface of the side sill outer reinforcement while supporting the side sill inner reinforcement, and a second end connected to the first center floor cross member to transfer a shock force input from the side sill outer reinforcement to the first center floor cross member.

Abstract: A cladding device of a side sill of a passenger vehicle includes an inherently rigid outer cladding element arranged in a longitudinal region of the side sill below a door opening which can be displaced between a cladding position and a release position. A flexible cladding element is provided, one end of which is arranged on the inherently rigid outer cladding element, which can be displaced with the inherently rigid outer cladding element during a displacement movement between the cladding position and the release position. The flexible cladding element is arranged in a region of the side sill covered by a vehicle door associated with the door opening when the inherently rigid outer cladding element is arranged in the cladding position. In the cladding position, a gap is covered between the end of the inherently rigid outer cladding element, which has the flexible cladding element, and another component.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes an inner sill member, an outer sill member and a first reinforcement bracket. The inner sill member has an inner upper flange, a horizontally extending section and an inner lower flange extending downward from the horizontally extending section. The outer sill member has an outer upper flange and an outer lower flange. The inner upper flange and the outer upper flanges are fixedly attached to one another. The inner lower flange and the outer lower flanges are fixedly attached to one another defining a sill structure with hollow interior. The first reinforcement bracket is disposed within the hollow interior and has an outboard portion fixedly attached to the outer sill member and an inboard portion fixedly attached to the horizontally extending section of the inner sill member.

Abstract: To improve bending rigidity of a side sill against a load toward an inner side in a vehicle width direction during a lateral collision while suppressing a weight increase of thereof by providing minimum reinforcement, the side sill has a closed cross-sectional space extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and includes a first upper reinforcing member that reinforces bending rigidity against a load toward the vehicle width inner side. The first upper reinforcing member is configured to be partially provided in a cross-sectional view that is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the side sill and to extend along a longitudinal direction of the side sill such that at least a part thereof overlaps a center pillar joined portion, to which a center pillar is joined, in a vehicle side view at a height position of the center pillar joined portion.

Abstract: A side sill rigidity reinforcement structure of a vehicle may include an external side sill external member which includes an upper support portion and a lower support portion each having a section convexly formed outwardly from a vehicle and mounted vertically, is formed to connect the upper support portion and the lower support portion; an internal side sill external member which is mounted inside any one of the upper support portion and the lower support portion; a side sill external panel which is bonded outside the external side sill external member; and a side sill internal panel which has an upper portion and a lower portion bonded to the side sill external panel.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle, and in particular a vehicle body structure for a motor vehicle, with a reinforcement structure including an additively manufactured bracket. An example motor vehicle has a vehicle body structure including a reinforcement structure. The reinforcement structure includes a tube and a bracket additively manufactured to the tube.

Abstract: Floor cross members provided above a floor panel are disposed so as to form a gap between each of the floor cross members and rockers. A floor cross extension that is set with a lower withstand strength than the floor cross members connects between each of the floor cross members and the corresponding rocker.

Abstract: A barrier assembly for an energy storage system includes a panel and an energy storage pack. The panel includes an outer surface and an inner surface opposing the outer surface. The energy storage pack is spaced from the panel relative to the inner surface of the panel. The barrier assembly further includes an intermediate structure disposed between the inner surface of the panel and the energy storage pack. The intermediate structure is configured to absorb energy when a load is applied to the outer surface of the panel and configured to redistribute the load along a plurality of load paths through the intermediate structure as the load is applied to the panel. A vehicle includes the barrier assembly discussed above. The vehicle includes a support structure and the barrier assembly is coupled to the support structure. The inner surface of the panel faces toward the support structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sill of a vehicle body (1), comprising a lower sill part (5) and an upper sill part (6) placed on and attached to the lower sill part (5). The sill is characterized in that the upper sill part (6) is part of a vehicle superstructure (3), in that in one side of a first sill part (5, 6), which faces the further sill part (6, 5), a recess (7) and, on one side of the further sill part (6, 5), which faces the first sill part (5, 6), a protrusion (61) is provided, wherein the shape of the recess (7) corresponds to the shape of the protrusion (61) and the protrusion (61) interlocks form-fittingly in the recess (7). In addition, the invention relates to a vehicle body (1) with two sills (4) and a method of manufacturing such a vehicle body.

Abstract: A detection device has a pinching sensor and a detecting unit. The pinching sensor has a dielectric layer in which a linear conductor layer is formed, and conductor layers arranged on top and bottom surfaces of the dielectric layer, a slit being formed on at least one of the conductor layers arranged on the top and bottom surfaces. The detecting unit supplies a high-frequency signal to an input portion of the linear conductor layer, generates an electric field around a slit portion of the conductor layer on which the slit is formed, and detects a change in a reflection coefficient at the input portion, the change being caused by a change of the electric field generated by interference with a detected object.

Abstract: An assembly includes a subframe, a rocker, a battery cage supported by the rocker, and a battery supported by the battery cage. The assembly includes a reinforcement bolted to the rocker and positioned to be along a load path through the subframe resulting from a vehicle frontal impact.

Abstract: In a vehicle body structure including a pair of side sills (2) and a battery case (51) joined to the side sills via respective brackets (56), each side sill includes an outer panel (21), an inner panel (22) defining a closed cross section structure jointly with the outer panel, a first stiffener (25) extending in the fore and aft direction in a space defined between the outer panel and the inner panel and having a lower edge joined to the lower edges of the outer panel and the inner panel, and a second stiffener (26) formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in the inboard direction, the second stiffener having an upper edge and a lower edge attached to an outboard side of the first stiffener.

Abstract: A garnish is provided with a protrusion portion which protrudes outwardly, in a vehicle width direction, so as to suppress a side-face airflow flowing below a door maximum-width portion of a side portion of a cabin from going around below a vehicle floor. A plate-shaped tire deflector is provided at a lower end portion of a front edge of a rear wheel house which corresponds to a position, in a vertical direction, of a rear end portion of the protrusion portion, wherein the tire deflector is configured to deflect a side-face airflow flowing above the protrusion portion such that the side-face airflow is turned toward an outward side, in the vehicle width direction, so as not to flow into the rear wheel house and adheres to a tire-wheel outer face.

Abstract: A vehicle side portion structure includes a roof side rail that includes a rail reinforcement that is an outer portion of the roof side rail in a width direction of a vehicle, the roof side rail having a closed cross-section structure, a first upper contact surface which is formed on the rail reinforcement and with which a weather strip provided on an outer peripheral portion of a front side door is to come into contact, a flange which is formed at the rail reinforcement and to which a roof panel is joined, and a rail garnish that covers a portion of the roof side rail from the flange to an upper portion of the first upper contact surface in an up-down direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A motor vehicle body encompasses a surface-coated bodyshell having an underbody carrying portion and a underbody that is embodied separately from the bodyshell and is fixedly joined to the underbody carrying portion, the underbody having a planar, multiply curved underbody structure component encompassing fiber-reinforced plastic, as well as at least one underbody member, joined to the underbody structure component, having a member material different from the structural material of the underbody structure component; a support projection, on which the underbody member is braced and to which the underbody member is fixedly joined by adhesive bonding, protruding toward the vehicle interior from the underbody carrying portion; the vehicle body encompasses at least one securing structure component that is embodied separately both from the bodyshell and from the underbody and encompasses at least two limbs arranged at an angle to one another, which component is joined to the bodyshell and/or to the underbody member

Abstract: A vehicle-body lower structure includes: a side sill; and a cross member, wherein the side sill includes a side sill outer and a side sill inner, a bulk having a shape corresponding to the cross member is provided on the opposite side of the side sill inner from the cross member in a closed-section space formed by the side sill outer and the side sill inner, and the bulk includes a front wall portion, a rear wall portion placed behind the front wall portion in the vehicle-body front-rear direction, and a connecting wall portion connecting the front wall portion and the rear wall portion, the front wall portion and the connecting wall portion forming a first edge line extending in the vehicle width direction, and the rear wall portion and the connecting wall, portion forming a second edge line extending in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A mounting structure has a front pillar and a side member outer panel. The front pillar has a first linear expansion coefficient. The side member outer panel has a second linear expansion coefficient that is greater than the first linear expansion coefficient. The side member outer panel has a first fastened portion, a second fastened portion, a third fastened portion and a fourth fastened portion that form an imaginary region, and a hinge mounting portion that constrains deformation, due to heating, within the imaginary region, and an unfastened portion. The unfastened portion permits deformation, in an in-plane direction, of a region between the first fastened portion and the second fastened portion.

Abstract: A vehicle side structure has: a front door and a rear door; a side sill that is arranged under the front door and the rear door; a side sill garnish that is fixed to the side sill; and a molding member that is arranged between lower ends of the front door and the rear door and an upper end of the side sill garnish, and that protrudes more outside in a lateral direction than the lower ends of the front door and the rear door. The molding member includes: a front door lower portion; a rear door lower portion; and a center pillar outer portion that is arranged outside in the lateral direction of a lower portion of the center pillar. The front door lower portion and the rear door lower portion are recessed more inside in the lateral direction than the center pillar outer portion.

Abstract: In a vehicle body side structure, an outer reinforcement lower is configured as a divided structure of a reinforcement body and a divided patch that are joined to each other at a joint portion located in a corner portion. Accordingly, when a load from a front wheel is input to a front pillar at the time of a small overlap collision, the outer reinforcement lower can be bent at the joint portion near the root of the outer reinforcement lower. Consequently, the bending moment that is transmitted to a rocker outer reinforcement can be reduced and therefore longitudinal bending deformation of the rocker outer reinforcement can be suppressed. As a result, deformation of a vehicle compartment can be suppressed.

Abstract: A display device includes: a transparent plate-shaped substrate capable of blocking light transmission in its partial region; a planar light-emitting body disposed on a back surface side of the substrate; a light-shielding plate capable of blocking light transmission in its partial region and disposed between the substrate and the light-emitting body; and a design part displayed on the substrate, having a predetermined shape formed from a character or graphic. A first light-shielding region formed from a recess with a same shape as an outline of the design part, and a second light-shielding region having a shape enlarged outward from an outline of the recess by a first dimension are respectively provided on the back surface side of the substrate and a front or back surface side of the plate. First and second light-shielding layers blocking light from the light-emitting body are formed in the first and second light-shielding regions, respectively.

Abstract: A side sill is configured from a side sill outer element comprising an outer upper wall, outer lower wall, an outer side wall, an outer upper flange and an outer lower flange, and from a side sill inner element comprising an inner upper wall, an inner lower wall, an inner side wall, an inner upper flange and an inner lower flange. On the lower end, a pillar has a joint portion held between and joined to the outer upper flange and the inner upper flange, and a first extension part and a second extension part extending from the joint portion into the closed section of the side sill, and includes an extension, the top end of which is joined to the first extension part and/or the second extension part and the bottom end of which is held between and joined to the outer lower flange and the inner lower flange.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods to implement sectional design (e.g., in quadrants) of an autonomous vehicle may include modular construction techniques to assemble an autonomous vehicle from multiple structural sections. The multiple structural sections may be configured to implement radial and bilateral symmetry. A structural section based configuration may include a power supply configuration (e.g., using rechargeable batteries) including a double-backed power supply system. The power supply system may include a kill switch disposed on a power supply (e.g., at an end of a rechargeable battery). The kill switch may be configured to disable the power supply system in the event of an emergency or after a collision, for example. The radial and bilateral symmetry may provide for bi-directional driving operations of the autonomous vehicle as the vehicle may not have a designated front end or a back end.

Abstract: A vehicle body assembly including a frame with an outrigger secured to the frame below a passenger compartment. The passenger compartment includes a plurality of pillars supporting a roof, a first rocker assembly and a second rocker assembly disposed on opposite sides of the passenger compartment. The outrigger is secured to the frame below the passenger compartment, inboard of the rocker assembly and outboard of the roof to protect the roof in side impact collisions. The outriggers transfer the side impact loads to the frame rails that are disposed inboard of the roof rails.

Abstract: An outer energy absorbing member and an inner energy absorbing member are mounted on a lower surface side of a vehicle bottom part. The outer energy absorbing member and the inner energy absorbing member are arranged adjacent and in parallel to each other in a vehicle width direction. A recessed engagement part is formed in a side end part of the outer energy absorbing member on an inner side in the vehicle width direction, and a projecting engagement part is formed in a side end part of the inner energy absorbing member on an outer side in the vehicle width direction. The recessed engagement part and the projecting engagement part are engaged with each other at a time of side impact.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods to implement sectional design (e.g., in quadrants) of an autonomous vehicle may include modular construction techniques to assemble an autonomous vehicle from multiple structural sections. The multiple structural sections may be configured to implement radial and bilateral symmetry. A structural section based configuration may include a power supply configuration (e.g., using rechargeable batteries) including a double-backed power supply system. The power supply system may include a kill switch disposed on a power supply (e.g., at an end of a rechargeable battery). The kill switch may be configured to disable the power supply system in the event of an emergency or after a collision, for example. The radial and bilateral symmetry may provide for bi-directional driving operations of the autonomous vehicle as the vehicle may not have a designated front end or a back end.

Abstract: Vehicle structures and methods of assembling the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a unibody structure of a vehicle includes an inboard A-pillar member, an outboard A-pillar member positioned outboard of the inboard A-pillar member and coupled to the inboard A-pillar member, and a reinforcement member positioned between the inboard A-pillar member and the outboard A-pillar member. The reinforcement member is coupled to the outboard A-pillar member and has a plurality of reduced thickness regions that are positioned in a vehicle vertical direction along the reinforcement member.

Abstract: A frame for a cab of a mobile machine includes a primary tube, formed by hydroforming, connected to a secondary tube. The primary tube includes first and second about vertically extending portions and an about horizontally extending portion. The about vertically extending portions are configured to be connected to the mobile machine, and the about horizontally extending portion is disposed between the about vertically extending portions. Dimensions of a cross-section of the primary tube vary along a length of a portion of the primary tube. A secondary tube is connected to the primary tube to another cab frame portion.

Abstract: In a vehicle body side portion structure, a center pillar includes an upper pillar section joined to a roof side rail and a lower pillar section joined to a side sill, the upper pillar section including a metallic pipe having a high-strength steel plate, has a substantially constant cross-sectional shape, and is convexly curved outwardly in a vehicle width direction, the lower pillar section is formed by two pressed components including a steel plate having lower strength than the steel plate of the hollow metallic pipe of the upper pillar section and are joined to each other into a closed cross-sectional shape, and the upper pillar section is joined to the two pressed components such that the lower edge part of the upper pillar section is inserted within a section configured by the two pressed components of the lower pillar section and having the closed cross-sectional shape.