Abstract: The side-under spoiler attaching structure for attaching the side-under spoilers to the right and left bottom portions of the vehicle body via the brackets employs a structure that; the bracket is formed in a rectangular-plate shape along the front-to-rear direction of the vehicle body; the two-sided tape is provided on the upper portion of the bracket, while a plurality of the supporting members for supporting the side-under spoiler is provided on the bottom portion of the bracket; and the side-under spoiler has a plurality of attaching members for engaging with the plurality of the supporting members of the bracket respectively.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure having right and left floor frame members and right and left side sills located outside the right and left floor frame members is disclosed. Rear end portions of the right and left floor frame members are joined to longitudinally middle portions of the right and left side sills, respectively. Seat brackets for mounting passenger seats are provided on the rear end portions of the right and left floor frame members, respectively, without being extended between the right and left side sills.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle sill moulding including a vertical undulating strip of plastics material and optionally, at least one holding plate.

Abstract: An improved rocker panel on side sill construction includes a substantially planar horizontal top portion, a side portion with a substantially convex show surface and a substantially concave hidden surface opposite the show surface, and a clip house mounting structure disposed on the hidden surface. The improvement consists of joining the clip house to the rocker panel or side sill at the juncture formed between the top show surface and side show surface of the part. Preferably, this joint comprises at least one hollow channel surrounded by a reinforcing rib connecting to the hidden surface proximate the juncture of the top portion with the side portion and connecting the clip house mounting structure to this rib. The channel and reinforcing rib may run substantially longitudinally the length of the rocker panel. The channel and reinforcing rib inhibiting sagging in the top portion of the part between adjacent clip house mounting structures.

Abstract: A side sill garnish comprises a side covering part that covers the side part of a side sill outside the vehicle in the transverse direction; a side installation part that is installed on the side part of the side sill; a bottom covering part that extends from the bottom edge of the side covering part toward the internal direction of the vehicle along the transverse direction and covers the bottom of the side sill; a bottom installation part that is installed on the bottom of the side sill; and wherein the bottom installation part extends from the side covering part toward the bottom of the side sill separately from the bottom covering part.

Abstract: Rocker panel/clip house combination is shown wherein a first support member of the clip house is connected to the rocker panel (205) at a first junction that is located between the top surface (220) of the part and a depending side surface. A second support member of the clip house is attached to a second juncture of the part that is located between the side surface and an underside surface of the part.

Abstract: A rear part of a body of an automobile has a side member, a cross member, and a side sill inner panel. The side member has a side lower wall, a side inside wall and a side outside wall. The front part of the side outside wall is provided at a position retreated from the front end of the side lower wall. The cross member has a cross bottom wall and a cross rear wall. The left and right ends of the cross bottom wall are fit and joined from the lower side to the side lower wall. The left and right ends of the cross rear wall are joined to the side inside wall. The rear part of the sill inner vertical wall of the side sill inner panel is fit and joined to the front part of the side outside wall.

Abstract: An improved divided structure of a long plastic component for a vehicle is provided to facilitate an adjustment of a clearance in a joint between constituent parts thereof, thereby setting the clearance at an adequately small dimension. A plurality of constituent parts making up the long plastic component such as a side sill garnish are combined together into one long piece and mounted on a vehicle body. A first garnish is mounted on the vehicle body, and a second garnish is mounted on the first garnish in such a manner as to overlap with the first garnish from a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the side sill garnish. Accordingly, the first garnish and the second garnish, which have been joined together, can be mounted on the vehicle body.

Abstract: A vehicle body 10 includes right and left floor frames 16 and right and left side sills 13, all extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, are disposed in parallel with each other, and right and left front side frames 11 extend forward from front ends of the right and left floor frames 16. Rear end sections 75 are butted to the side sills 13 such that the rear end sections approach the side sills 13, and are joined to the side sills 13 at longitudinal midpoints of the side sills 13. A cross member 22 spans across the right and left side sills 13 at positions forward of the joint sections and in the vicinity of the joint sections. A joint section 85 at the side sill 13, the floor frame 16, and the cross member 22 is formed into a substantially triangular shape in plan view.

Abstract: A connecting element for insertion into the ends of at least two hollow sections of different cross-section, in particular in the case of a middle node for an instrument panel transverse beam in automobile manufacture is such that a push-fit body is shape-formed—by way of extrusion of a light weight alloy, plastic or other extrudable material—on a frame with side walls extending in the direction of insertion, the push-fit body is of smaller cross-section than the frame and contains lengths of the frame walls. That frame preferably surrounds the push-fit body which in turn forms a corner of the frame. In addition, the frame may exhibit an integral frame bracket outside one frame side wall whereby the frame bracket walls are aligned with parallel frame walls.

Abstract: A vehicle floor structure is provided in which a plurality of cross-members are extended between left and right floor frame members at predetermined longitudinal intervals, and a floor panel is mounted to the left and right floor frame members and the crossmembers. A corrugated sheet having a plurality of longitudinally oriented ridges is disposed in a space formed by the left and right floor frame members and the crossmembers. Left and right side portions of the corrugated sheet are connected to the left and right floor frame members. Front and rear edge portions of the corrugated sheet are connected to opposite ones of the crossmembers. If the right floor frame member, for example, is subjected to a load upon an offset collision of the vehicle, the load is transmitted to the left floor frame via the corrugated sheet for dispersion.

Abstract: A reinforcement member (32) of an automotive side sill includes a V-shaped cross-sectional portion (46) formed by bending the reinforcement member so as to follow a lower surface (31b) of an upper portion (31a) of an outer panel (31), joining an upper attaching portion (42) functioning as a resulting bent portion to the upper portion (31a) of the outer panel (31) and bending a distal end of the upper attaching portion (42) downwardly.

Abstract: A frame and support assembly for a vehicle lacking a conventional, separate B-pillar includes first and second frame members and a plurality of support assemblies. Each support assembly includes a plurality of bulkheads, a pair of outriggers, and a cross member. The bulkheads are incorporated into first and second side sill assemblies. The outriggers extend between the side sill assemblies and the first and second frame members. The cross members extend between the first and second first frame members. The strength of the bulkheads, outriggers, and cross members is selected such that the cross member is stiffer than the outriggers, and the outriggers are stiffer than the bulkheads so that the support assemblies progressively crush during a side impact.

Abstract: A rear side member is composed of an upper member and a lower member. A flange of the upper member and a flange of the lower member are spot-welded to each other. An end edge of the upper member and a flange of the lower member are individually spot-welded to a side sill. A flange of the lower member is spot-welded to the lower surface of the upper member. A flange of the upper member and an end edge of the lower member are spot-welded to a rear wheel house. Thus, the upper member and the lower member form a closed cross section. A side edge portion of a rear floor panel is spot-welded to the upper surface of the flange.

Abstract: A fender support system, including at least one molded fender support arrangement configured to couple to at least one fender arrangement, in which the fender support arrangement is configured to provide at least one of primary and secondary attachments for under-the-hood vehicle components.

Abstract: A combined structure of a rear part of a body of an automobile comprises a side member, a cross member, and a side sill inner panel. The side member has a side lower wall, a side inside wall and a side outside wall. The front part of the side outside wall is provided at a position retreated from the front end of the side lower wall. The cross member has a cross bottom wall and a cross rear wall. The left and right ends of the cross bottom wall are fit and joined from the lower side to the side lower wall. The left and right ends of the cross rear wall are joined to the side inside wall. The rear part of the sill inner vertical wall of the side sill inner panel is fit and joined to the front part of the side outside wall.

Abstract: An entrance strip for a motor vehicle, a stepping surface for generating an antislip capacity is provided with an insertion element which has a rubber strip framed by an inner as well as an outer cover.

Abstract: An automobile includes a door, inner and outer rocker panels, and a floor pan joined to the inner rocker panel. A structural frame extends under the body. A frame standoff member is mounted to the inner rocker panel and extends inboard to a frame rail. The frame standoff member is separated from the frame rail by a clearance gap. Once the gap is closed due to lateral deformation of the door, rocker panels, and floor pan, the frame standoff member will resist further deformation of the door and rocker panels without dynamically coupling the door or rocker panels to the frame rail during normal operation of the vehicle.

Abstract: Rocker moldings are molded of polymer material and include a front section and a rear section joined by bridge arrangements. A preferred embodiments includes two bridge elements connected to a rear edge of the front section and to a front edge of the rear section. The bridge elements span a gap between the front and rear edges and allow for longitudinal expansion of the rocker panel moldings to accommodate thermal expansion in the underlying rocker panels and to provide for slight longitudinal adjustment in the rocker panel moldings while fitting the moldings to rocker panels.

Abstract: A rear side member is composed of an upper member and a lower member. A flange of the upper member and a flange of the lower member are spot-welded to each other. An end edge of the upper member and a flange of the lower member are individually spot-welded to a side sill. A flange of the lower member is spot-welded to the lower surface of the upper member. A flange of the upper member and an end edge of the lower member are spot-welded to a rear wheel house. Thus, the upper member and the lower member form a closed cross section. A side edge portion of a rear floor panel is spot-welded to the upper surface of the flange.

Abstract: A hollow sill beam assembly for use on a vehicle body construction is provided. The sill beam assembly includes a first elongated side sill member and a second elongated side sill member mated to the first side sill member. A hollow area is defined between the first and second elongated side sill members. A transverse slot is defined in the second side sill member. A reinforcing member is received in the slot and fixedly secured to the first side sill member.

Abstract: Apart installation structure for a vehicle for attaching a part to a vehicle body through a bracket using an access hole established in the vehicle body and a surrounding portion of the access hole, comprises a bolt including a head capable of passing through the access hole and a thread section projecting from the head and passing through the access hole, a plate member including an opening section and capable of being attached to the thread section through the opening section, a nut for being screwed onto the thread section and for tightening the surrounding portion, the plate member and the bracket altogether, and a rotation stopper provided on the bracket for contacting the head after passing through the opening section and the access hole so as to restrict a rotation when the nut is screwed in.

Abstract: A hollow sill beam assembly for use on a vehicle body construction is provided. The sill beam assembly includes a first elongated side sill member and a second elongated side sill member mated to the first side sill member. A hollow area is defined between the first and second elongated side sill members. A transverse slot is defined in the second side sill member. A reinforcing member is received in the slot and fixedly secured to the first side sill member.

Abstract: An automotive body includes inner and outer rocker panels, a floor pan joined to the inner rocker panel, and cross members extending laterally across a portion of the body. The cross members have energy-absorbing cross member extensions interposed between outboard ends of the cross members and the inner rocker panel, so as to provide a structure for absorbing impact loads imposed laterally upon the vehicle body.

Abstract: A rear vehicle body structure including a rear side member, a side sill inner, and a rear floor. The rear side member includes a front portion connected to the side sill inner, a middle portion, and a rear portion disposed on a transversely inner side of the front portion. The rear portion has a first wall on its transversely outer side, and the middle portion has a second wall continuously provided from the first wall to the front portion. The side sill inner has a third wall accommodated within width of the rear side member and connected to the rear side member and the rear floor. The third wall has, on its rear end, a flange portion fixed to the rear side member at a vicinity of a transition point from the first wall to the second wall, on substantially the same plane as the third wall.

Abstract: A reinforcement, which is arranged in the side member of a vehicle body and comprises a reinforcing tube, is connected by way of fastening consoles with the vehicle body or with the columns of the vehicle body. So that tolerances of the reinforcing tube can be compensated and the center vehicle column is not deformed, compensating elements are connected between the center fastening console and the reinforcing tube, to which the fastening console can be fastened while tolerances are compensated and can be connected with the B-column.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle body side structure that is capable of effectively reinforcing door hinge mounting parts of a pillar. In a vehicle skeleton member forming a closed section by an outer side structure and an inner side structure, a side sill reinforcement is disposed inside the closed section. The side sill reinforcement is provided to extend from a front pillar up to a side sill. The door hinge mounting parts are provided on an external surface of the front pillar. The side sill reinforcement is constructed such that a part disposed along the front pillar has a greater plate thickness than a part extending along the side sill. A support part intended for supporting the reverse side of the door hinge mounting part from the inner side of the outer side structure is provided in the part of the side sill reinforcement, which is disposed along the front pillar.

Abstract: An entrance strip for a motor vehicle, a stepping surface for generating an antislip capacity is provided with an insertion element which has a rubber strip framed by an inner as well as an outer cover.

Abstract: A reinforcement member (32) of an automotive side sill includes a V-shaped cross-sectional portion (46) formed by bending the reinforcement member so as to follow a lower surface (31b) of an upper portion (31a) of an outer panel (31), joining an upper attaching portion (42) functioning as a resulting bent portion to the upper portion (31a) of the outer panel (31) and bending a distal end of the upper attaching portion (42) downwardly.

Abstract: A door seal interface structure for a motor vehicle space frame includes a longitudinally extending hydroformed tubular rail portion, a hydroformed tubular pillar portion connected at a joint to the rail portion and a transition structure. The rail portion and the pillar portion provide respective surface portions constructed and arranged to sealingly engage a door seal to seal a peripheral portion of a closed vehicle door. The pillar and rail surface portions are angularly related to one another in the vicinity of the joint. The transition structure is mounted on the rail portion and the pillar portion in the vicinity of the joint and provides a transition surface that provides a transition between the pillar and rail surfaces of the pillar and rail portions, the transition surface portion being constructed and arranged to sealingly engage a portion of the door seal to seal the closed vehicle door and thereby provide a door seal-engagable surface in the vicinity of the joint.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure comprises a first cross member and a second cross member disposed on a floor (11) between a side sill (12) provided at both sides of a vehicle body and a floor tunnel (14) provided in a longitudinal direction in middle of the vehicle body, and a third cross member having one end, a front edge, and a rear edge thereof connected to the side sill (12), the first cross member (15), and the second cross member (16), respectively, between the first cross member (15) and the second cross member (16). This enables an improvement in stiffness of the vehicle body against side impact efficiently by a simple reinforcing structure.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle body side structure that is capable of effectively reinforcing door hinge mounting parts of a pillar. In a vehicle skeleton member forming a closed section by an outer side structure and an inner side structure, a side sill reinforcement is disposed inside the closed section. The side sill reinforcement is provided to extend from a front pillar up to a side sill. The door hinge mounting parts are provided on an external surface of the front pillar. The side sill reinforcement is constructed such that a part disposed along the front pillar has a greater plate thickness than a part extending along the side sill. A support part intended for supporting the reverse side of the door hinge mounting part from the inner side of the outer side structure is provided in the part of the side sill reinforcement, which is disposed along the front pillar.

Abstract: An improvement on a vehicle floor structure is provided which includes joint members each of which has a closed hollow structure and joins a rear extension of one of side sills, one end of a rear seat cross member, and a front end of one of the rear side members. Each of the joint members is installed between one end of the rear seat cross member and one of the side sills and has a lower-rigidity region formed adjacent the end of the rear seat cross member for facilitating ease of a lateral collapse of a vehicle body in the lower-rigidity region upon occurrence of a side collision of the vehicle.

Abstract: An improved divided structure of a long plastic component for a vehicle is provided to facilitate an adjustment of a clearance in a joint between constituent parts thereof, thereby setting the clearance at an adequately small dimension. A plurality of constituent parts making up the long plastic component such as a side sill garnish are combined together into one long piece and mounted on a vehicle body. A first garnish 1 is mounted on the vehicle body 3, and a second garnish 2 is mounted on the first garnish 1 in such a manner as to overlap with the first garnish 1 from a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the side sill garnish SSG. Accordingly the first garnish 1 and the second garnish 2, which have been joined together, can be mounted on the vehicle body 3.

Abstract: According to a body structure of the present invention, a floor panel member is reinforced by a pair of first members, and the second member comprised of plural pipes is disposed along the width of a vehicle so as to integrate the first members. An end of the second member is extended along the longitudinal side of the vehicle and is fixed by welding in the state of penetrating into a side sill. There is no necessity of providing any reinforcement material because the second member has a high strength continuously along the width of the vehicle. Moreover, there is no necessity of increasing a board thickness for the purpose of securing the rigidity because the second member penetrates into the side sill. On the other hand, the second member can be manufactured by cutting an existing steel pipe to a predetermined side. It is therefore possible to cope with the change in the width of the vehicle only by changing a cutting size.

Abstract: A side body structure for a compact car intended to increase its coupling strength by dispersing impact force applied to a rear side member is disclosed. The side body structure has a rear side member mounted on both sides of a car body, a rear side lower member attached to an end of the rear side member, a side sill inner panel attached to a front portion of the rear side lower member; and a side member-reinforcing panel attached between the rear side member and the side sill inner panel and disposed to be parallel to a lower portion of the rear side lower member.

Abstract: The pillar structure to which the passenger cabin end of the hood ridge panel is connected, is arranged have different localized structural deformation resistances which buckle/deform in a manner which causes the hood ridge panel to reorient in response to a vehicle structure deforming force being applied to the front of the vehicle during a collision, and results in the force, which passes through the hood ridge panel, being redirected by a load-converting and transmitting member included in the pillar, up and along an upper rearwardly angled upper portion of the pillar. This force redirection produces sufficient resistance to induce compressive bucking in the structure forward of the passenger cabin and thus attenuate damage to the cabin structure.

Abstract: A frame structure capable of increasing collision energy absorption includes a floor member or structure. The floor member has extruded side sill members which are adapted to undergo lateral buckling in response to side collisions while resisting axial or longitudinal deformation due to end-on collisions. Extruded impact dispersing deformable sections with a smaller rigidity than the associated side sills are provided on the inboard sides of the sills and arranged to smooth buckling and disperse collision energy. At least one extruded, flat, passenger occupancy floor section, which is located inboard of the impact dispersing deformable sections, is provided to prevent buckling deformation and maintain the cabin space.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a floor structure 1. The floor structure 1 has a floor body 3 formed with generally-uniform sections in a vehicle's fore-and-aft direction, a dash cross member 11 connected with a front end of the floor body 3 and a rear cross member 13 connected with a rear end of the floor body 3. A side sill 5 is arranged on one side of the floor structure 1. A pillar 21 is connected with the side sill 5 through its lower end 21a. In the structure, a strength adjusting part 29 is formed in the side sill 5, for adjusting the strength of the side sill 5 in local. When the vehicle has a frank collision, the strength adjusting part 29 operates to reduce a collision reactive force generated on the side of the lower end 21a of the pillar 21 in comparison with the collision reactive force generated besides the lower end 21a of the pillar 21.

Abstract: An illuminating plate for a car has a light guide plate; a cover provided with at least one light transmitting window, and disposed on the light guide plate; and light reflecting layer formed on the rear surface of the light guide plate. The light reflecting layer is formed to cover an area where the light is projected onto the rear surface of the light guide plate through the corresponding light transmitting window, and the light reflecting layer being slightly larger than the area.

Abstract: In a vehicle side sill structure in which a side sill portion having a substantially closed cross section extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body is provided at the side of the vehicle body, a pipe member is disposed inside the side sill portion in such a manner as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and at least two concave portions (fragile portions) are formed in a side portion of the pipe member. Further, a reinforcing member is disposed substantially along the side portion of the pipe member, and cooperates with the side portion to form a second closed section. This enables proper deformation particularly during side impact with a simple structure.

Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes: a frame having a front frame and a floor frame joined together by a curved portion provided along a toe board, the front frame extending in a forward direction from the curved portion, the floor frame extending in a rearward direction therefrom; a side structure disposed transversely outwardly of the frame, respectively; and a closed-section torque box for joining the frame to the side structure. The frame and the side structure are joined to an upper surface of the torque box to be substantially horizontally relative to each other, and are also joined to a lower surface of the torque box which is formed in such a manner as to be oriented downwardly toward the side structure, to thereby increase the joint area of the torque box on a side thereof where the torque box is joined to the side structure.

Abstract: In a vehicle, a supporting member running lengthwise is located in the area of the lengthwise sill which is fastened to the pillars A, B, and C and which can support itself on an internal supporting block in the event of a side collision.

Abstract: A vehicle has a body; a side door, mounted on the body, at a side of the vehicle; and a back door, mounted on the body, at a back of the vehicle. The side door and the back door are mounted on the body such that a rear edge of the side door and an outboard edge of the back door are adjacent to each other when the side door and the back door are closed. The invention may also include a seal to seal a gap between the rear edge of the side door and the outboard edge of the back door. The invention may further include a back pillar outer panel recessed from an outer surface of the vehicle. The seal can be mounted on the back pillar outer panel to seal a gap between the rear edge of the side door and the outboard edge of the back door.

Abstract: As automotive vehicle frame can be strengthened by reinforcing the tubular frame elements that form the side door openings. A three dimensional core element and rigid foam can be incorporated into each tubular frame element to achieve a significant increase in the frame bending strength, without adding appreciable weight to the vehicle frame.

Abstract: In a vehicle side sill structure in which a side sill portion having a substantially closed cross section extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body is provided at the side of the vehicle body, a pipe member is disposed inside the side sill portion in such a manner as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and at least two concave portions (fragile portions) are formed in a side portion of the pipe member. Further, a reinforcing member is disposed substantially along the side portion of the pipe member, and cooperates with the side portion to form a second closed section. This enables proper deformation particularly during side impact with a simple structure.

Abstract: A bracket for preventing deflection of a wheel under a side sill of a motor vehicle during an offset collision. The bracket includes a substantially vertical plate attached to a forward portion of the side sill of the motor vehicle. The vertical plate extends below a bottom edge of the side sill. A brace is connected between the side sill and the plate.

Abstract: An expansible reinforcer for reinforcing a hollow structural member of an automobile, aircraft, boat, etc. is provided. The reinforcer is flexible/bendable and comprises a synthetic, resin-based expansible reinforcing material secured thereto. In a preferred embodiment, the reinforcer comprises a plurality of supports pivotally connected to one another in a train-like arrangement. The reinforcing material is formed of a thermally expansible composition which preferably has an expansion temperature similar to the temperatures achieved in specific stages of a particular manufacturing process (e.g., such as the temperature at which the paint bake or powder bake stage is carried out in the automobile manufacturing process).

Abstract: A side rail assembly for a vehicle having a chassis beam and a protective beam that are secured together by interlocking elements. The protective beam is preferably formed of a softer material than the chassis beam. The protective beam has an outboard wall that is spaced from an inboard wall and s-shaped wall sections interconnecting the outboard wall and inboard wall. The cell walls and an upper portion of the upper wall are preferably curved to facilitate preferential deformation in the event of an impact.

Abstract: A reinforcing structure of a sill side portion for vehicles, the sill side portion comprising the lower body of a vehicle so constructed therein as to form a plurality of closed sectional surfaces via a plurality of reinforcing members to increase a structural strength against side collisions of a vehicle, and to minimize the degree of deformation caused when the vehicle is involved in a side impact colision, for better safety of passengers therein, wherein a sill side reinforcing panel is centrally coupled to the sill side portion to form a closed section surface between an outer sill side panel and a filler reinforcing panel, and a first reinforcing bracket is vertically coupled inside the sill side reinforcing panel while a second reinforcing bracket is coupled between the outer sill side panel and the filler reinforcing panel, and in addition, lower ends of the inner sill side panel, filler reinforcing panel and side panel are respectively coupled to an area deviant from the center of the sill side portio