Car body structure

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1997-02-13

1999-07-27

Pedder, Dennis H.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Lining

29620303, B60R 2102

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059277866

ABSTRACT:
A car body structure comprises a pillar panel, and a pillar garnish molding made of synthetic resin and fitted to the pillar panel on the cabin side. The pillar garnish molding has a closed section which is enclosed by a base portion facing the pillar panel a plurality of ribs formed upright on the surface of the base portion and formed at a distance along the longitudinal direction of the pillar panel, and a cover member formed to cover the ribs. Therefore the car body structure is capable of achieving good energy absorption efficiency of head impact deceleration even if the width of the pillar panel is small.

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patent: 5660426 (1997-08-01), Sugimori et al.
patent: 5725271 (1998-03-01), Patel et al.

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