Body structure for a motor vehicle

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1996-12-16

1998-10-13

Pike, Andrew C.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Body shell

296189, 296204, 296209, B62D 2520

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058202048

ABSTRACT:
A body structure of a motor vehicle includes a roof side rail, a side sill, a center pillar, a floor, a center tunnel, and a doubler provided between the side sill and the center tunnel. The doubler has a flat closed cross section formed by the floor and a plurality of U-shaped channels and its lengthwise width is longer than that of the lower end of the center pillar. At the outer end of the doubler there are provided a pillar mating section and a side sill mating section. The doubler is connected by welds at the pillar mating section with the center pillar at the side sill mating section with the side sill. The center pillar has a yieldable portion thereon and it can absorb an impact energy by bending with respect to itself. The center tunnel has a reinforcement panel reinforced from underneath.

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