Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
296193050 | Body side | 29 |
20080258501 | Rearward-Side Vehicle Body Structure - A rearward-side body structure of a vehicle, particularly a passenger car, has two side members mutually connected by a cross member. On each vehicle side, one console is provided, which in each case covers a junction node in a flat and form-integrated manner from below, in which junction node the cross member is to be fastened to the respective side member. The console has a bearing plate, on which a subframe of the vehicle can be supported. The bearing plate has at least one passage opening through which the subframe can be screwed to the vehicle body structure. | 10-23-2008 |
20090267385 | Platform for a vehicle-mounted box - A platform for climbing and/or standing on a vehicle-mounted box by a person having a greater than average girth is provided. In one embodiment, the platform includes a tread, an arm, and a bracket. The tread has a surface area sufficiently sized so that a person of greater than average girth has room to place his feet on the tread while climbing and/or standing on a vehicle-mounted box. The arm is attached to the tread. The bracket pivotally secures the arm such that the attached tread pivots about the bracket. The bracket tightly holds the tread to provide stability during transportation in a storage position and during use in a use position. In another embodiment, the platform also includes a tube. The tube includes holes spaced apart along its length. The location of the bracket is vertically adjustable along the tube. | 10-29-2009 |
20110175399 | STRUCTURE FOR SIDE PORTION OF VEHICLE BODY - An object of the invention is to provide a structure for a side portion of a vehicle body, in which deformation of a hollow cross-section shape of a side sill, which is caused by a side collision load inputted to a vehicle body, can be suppressed without causing a significant increase in the weight of the vehicle body. In the invention, when a side collision load is inputted to a center pillar | 07-21-2011 |
20110187155 | VEHICLE BODY SIDE STRUCTURE - A vehicle body side structure includes an outer side panel and an inner side panel. The outer side panel has an outer window area and a window sash formed adjacent to and surrounding the outer window area. The outer window area includes a removable portion that spans the outer window area. The inner side panel has an inner window area and an attachment flange formed adjacent to and surrounding the inner window area. The attachment flange is rigidly attached to the window sash along a connection area to prevent movement of the inner side panel relative to the outer side panel. The removable portion of the outer window area is located adjacent to the connection area. | 08-04-2011 |
20110254317 | SIDE VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - In a side vehicle body structure of a vehicle, which is provided with a shoulder anchor part | 10-20-2011 |
20110285175 | VEHICLE SIDE BODY STRUCTURE - An inner center pillar member has a section passed through the interior of a side sill into outer and inner spaces. An outer load transmitting member is provided within the outer space in opposed relation to the passed-through section of the inner center pillar member, and an inner load transmitting member is provided within the inner space in opposed relation to the outer load transmitting member with the passed-through section interposed therebetween. A door beam provided within a door has a rear end portion located close to the outer load transmitting member and lapped over a corner portion of a center pillar. | 11-24-2011 |
20110298244 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURAL PART FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND PART THUS OBTAINED - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an overmoulded part that defines a structural part for a motor vehicle, comprising:
| 12-08-2011 |
20120074731 | FRONT-SIDE MEMBER STRUCTURE - An object of the invention is to provide a front side member structure that can improve yield strength against a moment generated due to a vehicle collision and the like. | 03-29-2012 |
20120200119 | OUTER SIDE WALL STRUCTURE, OUTER SIDE WALL MODULE, AND SIDE WALL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An outer side wall structure for a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger automobile, having a front section and a rear section, between which at least one door of the motor vehicle can be situated, and having an upper section and a lower section. It is provided that the sections form a peripheral frame. | 08-09-2012 |
20120261950 | VEHICLE ROOF SUPPORT ASSEMBLY - A vehicle roof support assembly is provided which includes a roof rail, a rocker panel, a first hollow support member and a second hollow support member. The first hollow support member and the second hollow support member each includes an inner wall, an outer wall, a front wall, a front wall and a rear wall. The first hollow support member and the second hollow support member each include a tubular lower area that extends upwardly from the rocker panel. The first hollow support member and the second hollow support member also each include an upper section that extends downwardly from the roof rail. The first hollow support member and the second hollow support member are spaced apart from one another in at least a middle area of the first and second hollow support members. | 10-18-2012 |
20120261951 | BEARING STRUCTURE ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY - A bearing structure arrangement of a motor vehicle body is provided with a side panel structure adjoining a bulkhead, and a linking component secured thereto for accommodating a frame rail section located upstream from the side panel structure in the traveling direction. The linking component facing the frame carrier section includes, but is not limited to an attachment profile corresponding with the profile cross section of the frame rail section. | 10-18-2012 |
20130076075 | REINFORCING STRUCTURE FOR REINFORCING A SIDE WALL STRUCTURE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE IN THE REGION OF A DOOR CUTOUT - The present disclosure relates to a reinforcing structure for reinforcing a side wall structure for a motor vehicle in the region of a door cutout, wherein the reinforcing structure is designed ring-shaped in order to surround a door cutout of a side wall structure. It is provided that the reinforcing structure is produced material-uniformly. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a semi-finished product for producing such a reinforcing structure and to a method for producing the reinforcing structure. The present disclosure also relates to a side wall structure and to a side wall for a motor vehicle. | 03-28-2013 |
20130113237 | Method of Manufacturing a Vehicle Structural Pillar - A method of manufacturing a vehicle structural pillar, includes: forming an inner panel with a first flange; forming an outer panel with a second flange; and clinching the second flange over the first flange so as to secure the inner panel and outer panel together by the first and second flanges. | 05-09-2013 |
20140015283 | HYDROFORMED SIDE PILLAR TO LOWER BACK JOINT STRUCTURE - A mechanism for increasing stiffness of the side-structure of a vehicle, for transferring loads and strain energy, and for improving rigidity from the lower portion of a side pillar, to the underbody structural components of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a hydroformed tube having a horizontal portion, a vertical portion and an arcuate central portion. The upper end of the vertical portion is spot welded to the lower portion of the side pillar. The horizontal portion is received into, and spot welded to, an inner portion of a structural member. The structural member is an L-shaped bracket, and its major portion is spot welded to an inner portion of an elongated beam. The beam is fixedly attached to the side rail of the vehicle. The tubular member, the structural member, and the elongated beam, when connected, form a closed continuous box shaped structure, which reinforces the side-structure of the vehicle. | 01-16-2014 |
20140097643 | INTEGRATED STONE AND WATER SHIELD FOR BLIND SPOT MONITOR - A bracket protecting a location on a vehicle. The bracket can have upper and bottom members that are spaced apart from each other and connected by a side member. The upper, bottom and side members of the bracket can also form an opening where a blind spot monitor can be located. The upper member can have a liquid diversion flange that prevents water from flowing onto an outer radar surface of the blind spot monitor and the bottom member can have a debris-blocking flange that protects or shields the outer radar surface from debris such as rocks, sand, etc., that are thrown up from a road surface towards the blind spot monitor. | 04-10-2014 |
20140191535 | VEHICLE BODY SIDE STRUCTURE - A vehicle body side structure includes a house reinforcing member mounted on a front upper portion of an inner wheel house, the house reinforcing member having a front connecting portion connected to a flange of the inner wheel house, a panel portion extending from the front connecting portion in an inclined manner, and a rear connecting portion connected to a rear bulkhead. A rear end of a door beam is provided outwardly of a striker in a vehicle width direction, and the rear end of the door beam, the striker, and the front connecting portion are provided in an overlapping manner from outside to inside in the vehicle width direction. | 07-10-2014 |
20140265447 | ROOF PANEL TO SIDE-PILLAR HYDROFORMED REINFORCEMENT FOR VEHICLES - A side-support structure mounted over an upper side portion of a vehicle includes an upper horizontal portion attached to a portion of the roof of the vehicle. A central arcuate portion of the side-support structure is attached to a portion of the vehicle between the roof and the side-pillar of the vehicle. The side-support structure also includes a lower vertical portion attached to an upper portion of the side-pillar of the vehicle. | 09-18-2014 |
20150291226 | AREAL COMPONENT ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE BODY, VEHICLE BODY WITH THE AREAL COMPONENT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR WELDING AN AREAL COMPONENT OF THE AREAL COMPONENT ARRANGEMENT - An areal component arrangement for a vehicle body is disclosed. The areal component arrangement includes a sandwich structure having a metallic top and bottom layer and a non-metallic core layer. The areal component has an areal component section surrounded by outer edges of the areal component and having a reduced thickness with respect to the thickness the sandwich structure. The areal component arrangement further includes a welding partner which is welded to the areal component in the areal component section. | 10-15-2015 |
20150314809 | VEHICLE-BODY LOWER STRUCTURE WITH SIDE COLLISION SENSOR - Provided is a vehicle-body lower structure with a side collision sensor which vehicle-body lower structure can attain early sensing by improving a body structure. A first load transmission member of which a longitudinal section has a generally Z-shape is disposed in a closed section of a rocker. A first joining portion of first load transmission member is joined in a state where first joining portion is sandwiched between an upper flange of a rocker outer panel and an upper flange of a rocker inner panel, and a second joining portion is joined to an intermediate part, in a height direction, of a vertical wall portion of rocker outer panel. A body portion connects first joining portion and second joining portion diagonally, and transmits a load input into rocker outer panel at time of a side collision, to an upper-wall-portion side of rocker inner panel by a shortest distance. | 11-05-2015 |
20150352932 | FRAMEWORK STRUCTURE FOR A VEHICLE DOOR IN PARTICULAR A VEHICLE SIDE DOOR - The invention relates to a frame structure ( | 12-10-2015 |
20150375797 | ELASTICALLY AVERAGED ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In one aspect, an elastically averaged alignment system is provided. The system includes a first component having a first alignment member and a second alignment member extending outwardly away from each other, and a second component having an inner wall defining an alignment aperture, the inner wall having a first wall and an opposite second wall. The first and second alignment members are an elastically deformable material such that when the first and second alignment members are inserted into the alignment aperture, the first and second alignment members elastically deform to an elastically averaged final configuration to facilitate aligning the first component with the second component in a desired orientation. | 12-31-2015 |
20160001714 | VEHICULAR INTERIOR PART - A vehicular interior part includes an interior part and a trim main body where the interior part is mounted. The interior part includes an interior part main wall portion and a mount projection projecting from a rear surface of the interior part main wall portion. The trim main body includes a main body side wall portion and an extended portion extending from the main body side wall portion toward a middle portion of the trim main body. The extended portion includes an insertion through hole in which the mount projection is and a clearance portion adjacent to the insertion through hole and with which the extended portion is movable toward the middle portion of the trim main body relative to the mount projection that is in the insertion through hole in response that the main body side wall portion receives a load in a vehicular interior-exterior direction. | 01-07-2016 |
20160083018 | TOP PART STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE BODY - Provided is a top part structure of a vehicle body provided with: a roof side rail extending in a front-rear direction on a side part of the vehicle body, the roof side rail being formed by a rail inner, a rail outer joined to a vehicle outer side of the rail inner to form a cross-section, and a rail stiffener sandwiched between the rail inner and the rail outer to partition the closed cross-section; and a pillar extending downward from the roof side rail, the top part structure including: a bulkhead joined, at an intersection portion between the pillar and the roof side rail, to the rail stiffener, fastened by a bolt to the rail inner, and disposed such as to partition the closed cross-section between the rail inner and the rail stiffener. | 03-24-2016 |
20160107700 | VEHICLE BODY SIDE STRUCTURE - A vehicle body side structure includes an outer panel which includes a side sill outer part and a center pillar outer part, a rear fender which is overlapped the outside of the outer panel, an inner panel which is mounted on the vehicle cabin side of the outer panel and a stiffener. The center pillar outer part includes an inclined part which is inclined backward and upward. The inner panel and the stiffener include an inner protrusion and a stiffener protrusion, respectively, which protrude backward and downward from the inclined part. A lower end of the rear fender is joined to the inner protrusion and the stiffener protrusion. | 04-21-2016 |
20160152119 | VEHICLE SIDE STRUCTURE | 06-02-2016 |
20160194032 | VEHICLE SIDE STRUCTURE | 07-07-2016 |
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