JP6131089B2 - Front body structure of automobile - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention connects a roof side rail that extends in the front-rear direction of the upper part of the vehicle body and constitutes the upper part of the vehicle body, and a side sill that extends in the front-rear direction of the lower part of the car body and constitutes the lower side part of the vehicle body. A front pillar, and a hood ridge reinforcement that constitutes a seat surface of a hood hinge, a fastening point of a fender or a holding member of a strut housing by extending to the front of the vehicle body in a state of being connected to an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the front pillar; The present invention relates to a front body structure of an automobile configured to include

As shown in FIG. 13, in the conventional front body structure of this type of automobile, the front end portions of a pair of front side members b and b are provided at both ends of a front cross member a which is a skeleton member at the forefront of the automobile. A pair of front pillars c and c are arranged in a state of being connected and offset outwardly in the vehicle width direction at the rear of the vehicle body of both front side members b and b. It is configured by being connected to a roof side rail (not shown) and side sills d, d. Further, a hood ridge reinforcement e, e extending in front of the vehicle body is connected to an intermediate portion of the front pillars c, c in the vertical direction, and a holding member for the strut housings f, f or a seat surface of a hood hinge (not shown). And fender fastening points. Further, an engine i serving as a power source for the automobile is disposed and installed in an engine room h formed by the front cross member a, the pair of front side members b and b, and the dash panel g.

  In the conventional technique, the front pillar c and the hood ridge reinforcement e are, for example, the front pillar c formed integrally with the vehicle body in the vertical direction as in the conventional technique 1 shown in FIG. It is formed in the convex curved portion j so that the middle portion in the direction protrudes in the front direction of the vehicle body, and the rear end portion of the vehicle body of the hood ridge reinforcement e is joined and connected to the convex curved portion j by spot welding or the like. Yes. Further, in order to perform joint connection by spot welding in this way, a work hole k for inserting a spot gun is formed in the rear end portion of the vehicle body of the hood ridge reinforcement e. Furthermore, the front end portions of the vehicle bodies of the roof side rail m and the side sill d are joined and connected to the upper and lower ends of the front pillar c.

In addition, the conventional technique 2 shown in FIG. 15 should be referred to as a modification of the conventional technique 1 shown in FIG. 14. In order to improve the press formability of the front pillar c, the front pillar c is convex. is divided in the vehicle body below the curved part j, front pillar are different from the point is constituted by an upper c-1 and the front pillar lower over c-2, in the vehicle body vertical direction both end portions of the front pillar c, roof side rail m 14 and the side sill d are connected to each other at the front end of the vehicle body, and a work hole k for inserting a spot gun is formed at the rear end of the vehicle body of the hood ridge reinforcement e. (Refer to Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 as related technologies).

Further, in the conventional art 3 shown in Patent Document 3, although not shown, the front pillar by dividing the upper and lower portions of the convex curve portion, respectively, the front pillar upper, as well as constituted by the front pillar middle and lower front pillar over, It is configured by joining and connecting the rear end of the vehicle body of the hood ridge reinforcement to the front pillar middle (see Patent Document 3 and Patent Document 4).

JP 2012-148743 A JP 2012-148744 A JP 2007-2222039 A JP 2010-83251 A

  By the way, according to the crash performance test standard of the automobile by the American Road Safety and Health Association (IIHS) concerning the frontal collision accident in which the front part of the automobile collides with an oncoming vehicle or an obstacle among the collision accidents of the automobile. In addition to the crash performance of a full lap front crash where almost the entire front of the vehicle collides, and the crash performance of an offset front crash which collides with a 40% offset state of the front of the vehicle, In consideration of the actual situation, a collision performance test for a small lap frontal collision accident as a collision mode with a small amount of lap that collides with a state of 25% offset from the front of the automobile is also performed, and each company's automobile is ranked.

  However, the conventional technique can exhibit the appropriate performance for the full lap frontal collision performance and the 40% offset collision performance test among the collision performance tests for the frontal collision accident, while the small lap frontal collision performance. It can be said that there is still room for improvement.

  That is, first, the collision performance for the full wrap frontal collision accident and the collision performance for the offset frontal collision accident are examined. As shown in FIG. The front end part of a pair of front side members b and b is connected to the part.

  With such a configuration, when the vehicle encounters a full-wrap frontal collision accident or an offset frontal collision accident, the impact input is efficiently received by the front side members b and b exhibiting high strength performance, and the crushing deformation is prevented. You can stop reaching the passenger compartment.

  On the other hand, when the automobile encounters a small lap frontal collision accident, the impact input is propagated to a position offset outward in the vehicle width direction from the front side members b and b. In that case, it will no longer be received by the front side members b, b.

  As a result, an impact input due to a small lap frontal collision accident of an automobile must be received by the front pillar c via the hood ridge reinforcement e.

Considering the case where the small lap frontal collision accident is encountered in the above three conventional techniques, first, in the conventional technique 1, the rear end portion of the vehicle body of the hood ridge reinforcement e is a convex curved portion of the front pillar c. j, and the crushing strength of the hood ridge reinforcement e is not set to be so high from the beginning. Therefore, it is necessary to suppress the crushing deformation.

  Therefore, for impact input in a small lap frontal collision accident of an automobile, the hood ridge reinforcement e may be composed of an ultra-high strength steel plate or the like to improve the strength. As a result of strengthening Reinforce e, the front pillar c to which the hood ridge reinforcement is connected will be crushed by impact input, and the front pillar c also needs to be strengthened. It comes out and it cannot be said that it is a reasonable measure for the vehicle body design.

In addition, the measure of constructing the front pillar c with an ultra-high-strength steel plate or the like as a result is that the front pillar c itself has a complicated shape having a convex curved portion j and the like. will thereby deteriorate the formability, it can be said that a countermeasure to the limitations and not a self-relative sophistication of strength.

  Further, in the conventional technique 2, the front pillar c is divided below the convex curved portion j in the vehicle body, so that the front pillar upper c-1 and the front pillar lower c-2 are divided into two parts. It is intended to improve press formability.

However, even though the front pillar e is divided into two parts, since the dividing line exists below the convex curved part j in the vehicle body, the front pillar e has a convex curved part j that is greatly related to press formability. Since the press formability of the pillar upper c-1 is not so different from that of the conventional technology 1, when considering the press formability, the super-high-strength steel plate or the like is also used for the two-part configuration countermeasure of the front pillar e. It said the sophistication of strength by adopting the self not a there is a limit.

  Therefore, in the conventional technique 2, as shown in FIG. 16, a plurality of bulkheads n, n, n... Are stretched on the passenger compartment side of the front pillar upper c-1 to enhance the strength. However, such measures not only increase the number of parts, but also increase the weight of the car body, and the weight of automobiles that have recently been screamed to achieve energy savings. It can also be a response to the demands of the company.

Next, the prior art 3, as described above, the front pillar by dividing the upper and lower portions of the convex curve portion, respectively, the front pillar upper, in the 3 dividing structure by the front pillar middle and lower front pillar over the front pillar It is constructed by joining and connecting the rear end of the body of the hood ridge reinforcement to the middle.

Prior Art 3 having such a configuration, the front pillar, by forms a three-part structure consisting of the front pillar middle in addition to the front pillar upper and lower front pillar over, improve the press formability of the front pillar, super The use of materials such as high-tensile steel sheets is possible, and the impact input propagated from the hood ledge reinforcement is received by the high-strength front pillar middle to reduce the crushing deformation of the vehicle body.

  However, in the conventional technique 3, the front pillar is divided into three parts. When the hood ledge reinforcement is added, the number of parts becomes very large. It will increase.

  Furthermore, in any of the above three conventional techniques, in order to join and connect the hood range reinforcement e and the front pillar c by spot welding, a large working hole for inserting a spot gun on the hood range reinforcement e side. It is necessary to drill k, and the presence of the working hole k may reduce the strength of the hood range reinforcement e.

  Therefore, the present invention improves the press formability of the front pillar and improves the strength of the front pillar and the hood range reinforcement without using a conventional bulkhead or the like with respect to such a conventional technique. An automobile configured to exhibit sufficient collision performance for small lap frontal collision accidents, full lap frontal collision accidents and offset frontal collision accidents, to suppress crushing deformation of the automobile compartment, and to reduce the weight of the vehicle body It aims to provide a front body structure.

The front body structure of an automobile according to the present invention includes a roof side rail that extends in the front-rear direction of the upper part of the car body and constitutes the upper part of the car body, and a front side body part of the lower part of the car body that extends in the front-rear direction of the lower part of the car body. A front body structure of an automobile configured by connecting and arranging a front pillar between side sills, and connecting a hood ridge reinforcement extending to the front side of the vehicle body at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the front pillar, A hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece that extends rearward of the vehicle body and reaches the door opening is integrally formed with the hood ridge reinforcement, and the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece is the front pillar of the interposed connecting between the front pillar upper and lower front pillar over constructed by bisecting the vehicle body vertical direction, the front Constitute a Ramidoru, and the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover portion, the hood ledge reinforcement side extended cover part to cross the upper and lower tip to the front pillar upper and front pillar lower It has the bending flange part formed by bending in the direction away from .

With this configuration, the present invention includes, between the front pillar upper and lower front pillar over constructed by bisecting the front pillar in the vehicle body vertical direction, the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover portion is interposed linked Since the front pillar middle is constructed, the front pillar can be divided into three parts to improve the press formability. As a result, it is possible to use ultra-high-strength steel sheets for the front pillar. The hood ridge reinforcement side extension piece as a front pillar middle can be achieved by reducing the weight of the car body by optimizing the thickness and material, and the curved part in the middle part of the front pillar in the vertical direction of the car body the Rukoto section is divided configuration increases the degree of freedom in the direction of the press-forming, a large problem with ultra tensile steel of Wrinkling in the bending portion is to be suppressed by linear shaped that.

Further, the present invention, when the automobile encounters a small wrap frontal collision accident for example, by the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover portion is interposed extending between the front pillar upper and lower front pillar over , without the strength of the front pillar upper and lower front pillar over dare, by strengthening only the hood ridge reinforcement, to the up of the body weight is stretched conventional such bulkhead At the same time, the front lap performance of the small lap can be fully exerted, the crushing deformation of the passenger compartment can be suppressed, and even if the hood ridge reinforcement side extension piece is integrally formed with the hood ridge reinforcement, Since the force shape itself can be made substantially linear, there is no deterioration in press formability. And obtained play a high-tensile steel plate of the hood ridge reinforcement, from this aspect, it is possible to overlook the significant improvement of the small wrap frontal collision performance.

  Furthermore, the present invention comprises the front pillar middle constituting the front pillar by the hood ridge force-side extending piece formed integrally with the hood ridge force, so that the number of parts is reduced and the front surface of the small lap is reduced. This means that the collision performance has been improved.

In addition, the present invention has a configuration in which the rear end portion of the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece reaches the opening efficiently, so when the automobile encounters a small lap frontal collision accident or the like, the hood ridge The impact input can be efficiently propagated from the reinforcement to the door side , and further improvement of suppression of the impact input can be achieved.

  As an embodiment of the present invention, the hood ridge force-side extending piece is formed with a door hinge attachment for opening and closing the door opening.

With this configuration, the present invention is configured by forming a door hinge attachment portion on the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece, so when an automobile encounters a small lap frontal collision accident or the like, The impact input can be efficiently propagated from the food ridge reinforcement to the door , and further improvement of suppression of the impact input can be achieved.

  As another embodiment of the present invention, the rear end portion of the hood ridge force-side extending piece portion is disposed opposite to the front end portion of the guard bar for preventing a side collision provided on the door. Is configured.

  With this configuration, the present invention is such that the rear end portion of the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece portion is disposed opposite to the front end portion of the guard bar body for countermeasures against side collision provided on the door. When a lap front collision accident or the like is encountered, the impact input can be propagated from the hood ridge reinforcement to the guard bar and efficiently received, which can greatly contribute to the suppression of the crushing deformation of the passenger compartment shape.

As another embodiment of the present invention, a front pillar upper side extending piece is formed by extending a lower end portion of the front pillar upper, the front pillar upper side extending piece and the hood. 3 ply to form a joint portion is configured by polymerizing ridge reinforcement side extended cover part and the front pillar lower over.

With this configuration, the invention is to provide a front pillar upper side extended cover portion is polymerized with the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover part and the front pillar lower chromatography, constitute a 3-ply joints Therefore, the vehicle body vertical direction intermediate part in the front pillar can be further strengthened, and when the automobile encounters a small lap frontal collision accident, etc., the impact in the vehicle vertical direction intermediate part in the front pillar The input can be received efficiently, and the impact input can be further suppressed.

Further, the present invention is in the form of one embodiment, as another embodiment, the lower front pillar over side extended cover portion is formed by extending the lower end of the front pillar upper, the lower front pillar A three-sided joining portion is formed by polymerizing the -side extending piece, the hood ridge force-side extending piece, and the front pillar upper.

With this configuration, the invention is to provide a front pillar lower over side extended cover portion is polymerized in the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover part and the front pillar upper, constitute a 3-ply joints Therefore, the vehicle body vertical direction intermediate part in the front pillar can be further strengthened, and when the automobile encounters a small lap frontal collision accident, etc., the impact in the vehicle vertical direction intermediate part in the front pillar The input can be received efficiently, and the impact input can be further suppressed.

In one embodiment, the lower end portion of the front pillar upper is extended to form a front pillar upper side extending piece portion, and the upper end portion of the front pillar lower is extended. to form a lower front pillar over side extended cover portion, polymerized with these front pillar upper side extended cover part and the front pillar lower side extended cover portion, and the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover part by In this way, a three-ply joint is formed.

With this configuration, the present invention, food and ridge reinforcement side extended cover portion, and the front pillar upper side extended cover part and the front pillar lower over side extended cover portion is overlapped three sheets, three sheets overlapped joints By forming this, it is possible to further increase the strength of the middle part of the vehicle body in the front pillar, and when the automobile encounters a small lap frontal collision accident, etc. Thus, the impact input can be received efficiently in the portion, and the impact input can be further suppressed.

The present invention, between the front pillar upper and lower front pillar over constructed by bisecting the front pillar in the vehicle body vertical direction, the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover part front pillar middle is interposed linked Since the front pillar has a three-part configuration, the press formability can be improved, and as a result, the ultra-high-strength steel plate of the front pillar can be used. The optimization can be achieved to reduce the weight of the car body, and the curved part in the middle part of the front pillar in the vertical direction of the car body is divided into the hood ridge force side extension piece part as the front pillar middle By doing so, the degree of freedom in the directionality of press forming is increased, and the wrinkles in the curved part, which is a big problem with the use of super-tensile steel sheets Raw is to be suppressed by linear shaped.

Further, the present invention, when the automobile encounters a small wrap frontal collision accident for example, by the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover portion is interposed extending between the front pillar upper and lower front pillar over , without the strength of the front pillar upper and lower front pillar over dare, by strengthening only the hood ridge reinforcement, to the up of the body weight is stretched conventional such bulkhead At the same time, the front lap performance of the small lap can be fully exerted, the crushing deformation of the passenger compartment can be suppressed, and even if the hood ridge reinforcement side extension piece is integrally formed with the hood ridge reinforcement, Since the force shape itself can be made substantially linear, there is no deterioration in press formability. And obtained play a high-tensile steel plate of the hood ridge reinforcement, from this aspect, it is possible to overlook the significant improvement of the small wrap frontal collision performance.

  Furthermore, the present invention comprises the front pillar middle constituting the front pillar by the hood ridge force-side extending piece formed integrally with the hood ridge force, so that the number of parts is reduced and the front surface of the small lap is reduced. This means that the collision performance has been improved.

In addition, the present invention has a configuration in which the rear end portion of the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece reaches the opening efficiently, so when the automobile encounters a small lap frontal collision accident or the like, the hood ridge The impact input can be efficiently propagated from the reinforcement to the door side , and further improvement of suppression of the impact input can be achieved.

It is the side view drawn about the front body structure of the car concerning the example of this invention. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of a front body structure of an automobile according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is the perspective view which decomposed | disassembled and depicted the principal part of the front vehicle body structure of the motor vehicle based on 2nd Example of this invention. It is BB sectional drawing of FIG. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 5 which drew the modification of the 2nd Example of this invention. It is the perspective view which decomposed | disassembled and drawn the principal part of the front vehicle body structure of the motor vehicle based on 3rd Example of this invention. It is CC sectional drawing of FIG. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 8 which drew the modification of the 3rd Example of this invention. It is the perspective view which decomposed | disassembled and drawn the principal part of the front vehicle body structure of the motor vehicle based on 4th Example of this invention. It is DD sectional drawing of FIG. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 11 which drew the modification of 4th Example of this invention. It is the schematic block diagram which planarly drawn the front vehicle body structure of the motor vehicle based on the prior art. It is the side view which drawn the front vehicle body structure of the motor vehicle in the prior art 1. FIG. It is the side view which drawn the front vehicle body structure of the motor vehicle in the prior art 2. FIG. FIG. 10 is a side view illustrating a part of a front pillar that constitutes a front body structure of an automobile according to Conventional Technology 3;

  The front body structure of the automobile according to the embodiment of the present invention improves the press formability of the front pillar and achieves high strength of the front pillar and the hood range reinforcement without using a conventional bulkhead or the like. Therefore, it is possible to achieve sufficient collision performance for small lap frontal collision accidents as well as full lap frontal collision accidents and offset frontal collision accidents, to suppress crushing deformation of the automobile compartment, and to reduce the weight of the vehicle body. ing.

  Next, the front vehicle body structure of an automobile according to an embodiment adopting the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, a schematic configuration of an embodiment according to the front body structure of an automobile of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. That is, in the embodiment according to the present invention, the roof side rail 1 that extends in the front-rear direction of the upper part of the vehicle body and constitutes the upper part of the car body, and the lower side part of the car body extends in the front-rear direction of the lower part of the car body. A front pillar 3 is connected to the side sill 2 to be connected.

  The front pillar 3 is configured such that a front pillar middle 6 is interposed between a front pillar upper 4 and a front pillar lower 5 which are formed by dividing the front pillar 3 in the vertical direction of the vehicle body.

  The front pillar middle 6 extends from the front pillar 3 to the front of the vehicle body and extends to the hood ridge force force side of the hood ridge force force 7 that constitutes the seating surface of the hood hinge, the fastening point of the fender or the holding member of the strut housing. It is comprised by the piece part 7a.

That is, the hood ridge reinforcement 7 is integrally formed with a hood ridge reinforcement extending piece 7a that extends to the rear side of the vehicle body and has a rear end reaching the door opening 8. The piece 7 a is connected to the front pillar upper 4 and the front pillar lower 5 to constitute the front pillar middle 6. In addition, as clearly shown in FIG. 2, the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece 7a constituting the front pillar middle 6 has upper and lower ends and a rear end at the front pillar upper and front pillar lower. On the other hand, it has a bent flange portion formed by bending in a direction away from the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece portion.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the hood ridge force-side extending piece 7a has upper and lower end portions respectively corresponding to the lower end portion of the front pillar upper 4 and the front portion. by being spot welded to the upper end portion of the Piraroa -5, it is connected.

Further, the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece 7a is provided with an upper hinge among a pair of hinges (not shown) for opening and closing the door 9 indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. A mounting portion 7b is formed. Further, the lower front pillar -5, attachment portion 5a for mounting the lower side of the hinge is formed (see FIG. 2). When the door 9 is installed in the door opening 8 by the hinges attached to the mounting portions 7b and 5a, the front end of the vehicle body of the guard bar 9a provided as a countermeasure against the side collision of the vehicle on the door 9 is on the hood ridge reinforcement side. The extended piece 7a is disposed opposite to the rear end of the vehicle body.

In the first embodiment according to the present invention configured in this way, between the front pillar upper 4 and lower front pillar over 5 constituted by bisecting the front pillar 3 in the vehicle body vertical direction, the hood ridge Since the front-side middle piece 6 is configured by interposing and connecting the reinforcement-side extending piece 7a, the front pillar 3 can be divided into three parts to improve press formability. In addition, it is possible to use the ultra-high-strength steel plate of the front pillar 3 and achieve the weight reduction of the vehicle body by optimizing the thickness and material, and in the middle part of the front pillar 3 in the vertical direction of the vehicle body. The existing curved portion is divided by the hood ridge reinforcement extending piece 7a as the front pillar middle 6 so that the directionality of press molding can be achieved. The degree of freedom increases, and the generation of wrinkles at the curved portion, which is a major problem with the use of a super-tensile steel plate, is suppressed by the linear shape.

Further, the present invention, when the automobile encounters a small wrap frontal collision accident for example, the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover part 7a is interposed extending between the front pillar upper 4 and lower front pillar -5 by are, without strengthening the front pillar upper 4 and lower front pillar -5 dare, by strengthening only the hood ridge reinforcement 7, and stretched conventional such bulkhead Even without increasing the weight of the vehicle body, the front performance of the small lap can be fully exerted, the crushing deformation of the passenger compartment can be suppressed, and the hood ridge reinforcement 7 extends integrally with the hood ridge reinforcement side 7a. Even if it is formed, the shape of the hood ridge reinforcement 7 itself can be made into a substantially linear shape. And obtained play a high-tensile steel plate of without the hood ridge reinforcement 7 may worsen, from this aspect, it is possible to overlook the significant improvement of the small wrap frontal collision performance.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment according to the present invention, the front pillar middle 6 constituting the front pillar is constituted by the hood ridge force-side extending piece 7a formed integrally with the hood ridge force force 7. Compared to the prior art 3, the number of parts is reduced and the front performance of the small lap can be improved.

In addition, in the first embodiment according to the present invention, the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover portion rear end has reached the door opening 8, moreover, the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover part Since the mounting portion 7b for mounting the hinge of the door 9 that opens and closes the door opening 8 is formed on the door 7a, when the automobile encounters a small lap frontal collision accident or the like, the hood ridge reinforcement 7 moves to the door 9 . The impact input can be propagated efficiently, and the impact input can be further suppressed.

In the first embodiment according to the present invention, the rear end portion of the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece portion 7a is opposed to the front end portion of the vehicle body of the guard bar 9a provided on the door 9 as a countermeasure against a side collision. Therefore, when an automobile encounters a small lap frontal collision accident or the like, the impact input can be propagated from the hood ridge reinforcement 7 to the guard bar 9a and efficiently received. This can greatly contribute to the suppression of the crushing deformation of the chamber shape.

  Next, a second embodiment according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 will be described.

That is, in the second embodiment according to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, when compared with the first embodiment, the lower end portion of the front pillar upper 4 is extended to the vehicle body lower side. Te, the front pillar upper side extending piece portion 4b is formed, and the front pillar upper side extended cover part 4b, obtained by polymerizing an upper end of the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover part 7a and the front pillar lower -5 state Since the three-ply joints 10 are formed by joining each other by spot welding, the difference is that the other components are the same. Omit.

Then, the 3-ply joint 10 is constituted by pinched the upper portion of the front pillar lower over in the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover part 7a and the front pillar upper side extending piece portion 4b . However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the front pillar upper is formed by the hood ridge force-side extending piece 7a and the upper end of the front pillar lower 5 as in the modification of the second embodiment shown in FIG. The three-ply joint portion 10 may be formed by sandwiching the side extending piece portion 4b.

In the second embodiment according to the present invention having such a configuration, including the modification shown in FIG. 6, the same effect as the first embodiment is obtained, and the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece portion 7a, since it is configured to form a three-ply joints 10 at the upper end of the front pillar upper side extending piece portion 4b and the front pillar lower -5, the vehicle body vertical direction intermediate portion of the front pillar 3 further When the vehicle encounters a small lap frontal collision accident, etc., it can be strengthened, and the impact input can be efficiently received at the middle part of the front pillar in the vertical direction of the vehicle body. It is possible to achieve further improvement in the process.

    Next, a third embodiment according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 will be described.

That is, extended in the third embodiment according to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, when compared to the first embodiment, the upper portion of the front pillar lower -5 to the vehicle body upper side to the lower front pillar over side extended cover portion 5b formed, and the front pillar lower over side extended cover portion 5b, and a lower end portion of the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover part 7a and the front pillar upper 4 polymerization In this state, the three-ply joint 10 is formed by joining each other by spot welding, and the configuration is different and the other configurations are the same. I will omit the detailed explanation.

Then, the three-ply bonding unit 10 is constituted by pinched the lower end of the front pillar upper 4 in the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover part 7a and the front pillar lower over side extended cover portion 5b Yes. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and the front pillar lower is formed by the hood ridge force-side extending piece 7a and the upper end of the front pillar upper 4 as in the modification of the third embodiment shown in FIG. The three-layer overlapped joint portion 10 may be formed by sandwiching the negative side extending piece portion 5b.

  In the third embodiment according to the present invention having such a configuration, including the modification shown in FIG. 9, the same effect as that of the first embodiment is obtained, and the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece portion is provided. 7a, the front pillar lower side extending piece 5b and the lower end portion of the front pillar upper 4 form a three-ply joint portion 10, so that the vehicle body vertical direction intermediate portion of the front pillar 3 is further increased. When the vehicle encounters a small lap frontal collision accident, etc., it can be strengthened, and the impact input can be efficiently received at the middle part of the front pillar in the vertical direction of the vehicle body, and the impact input is suppressed. It is possible to achieve further improvement.

  Next, a fourth embodiment according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 will be described.

That is, in the fourth embodiment according to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, when compared with the first embodiment, the lower end portion of the front pillar upper 4 is extended to the vehicle body lower side. Te, to form the front pillar upper side extending piece portion 4b, and the upper end portion of the front pillar lower -5 to extend in the vehicle body upper side, forming a front pillar lower over side extended cover portion 5b, the front pillar By joining the upper side extension piece 4b and the front pillar lower side extension piece 5b and the hood ridge reinforcement side extension piece 7a in a polymerized state with each other by spot welding, a three-ply joint 10 Since the configuration is different from that of the configuration, and other configurations are the same, the same reference numerals are used in the drawings to omit the detailed description.

  The three-ply joint joining portion 10 sandwiches the front pillar lower side extending piece portion 5b with the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece portion 7a and the front pillar upper side extending piece portion 4b. It is constituted by. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. As in the modification of the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 12, the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece portion 7a and the front pillar lower side extending piece portion 5b The three-ply joint portion 10 may be formed by sandwiching the pillar upper side extending piece 4b.

In the fourth embodiment of the present invention having such a structure, including the modification shown in FIG. 12, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained, and the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece portion can be obtained. 7a, since it is constructed by forming a front pillar upper side extending piece portion 4b and the front pillar lower over side extended cover portion 5b three sheets in the overlapped joint portion 10, the vehicle body vertical direction intermediate portion of the front pillar 3 When an automobile encounters a small lap frontal collision accident, etc., the impact input can be efficiently received at the middle part of the front pillar in the vertical direction of the vehicle body. Further improvement of suppression can be achieved.

  The present invention described above improves the press formability of the front pillar and increases the strength of the front pillar and the hood range reinforcement without using a conventional bulkhead. Along with the frontal collision accident, it was designed to exhibit sufficient collision performance against the small lap frontal collision accident, to suppress the crushing deformation of the automobile compartment, and to reduce the weight of the car body. A front pillar that extends in the front-rear direction and constitutes the upper side portion of the vehicle body and a front pillar that extends in the front-rear direction of the lower portion of the vehicle body and that constitutes the lower side portion of the vehicle body, and the upper and lower sides of the front pillar The seat surface of the hood hinge and the fender fastening by extending to the front of the vehicle body while being connected to the middle part of the direction Alternatively it can be said to be suitable for front body structure or the like constituted automobile and a hood ridge reinforcement of a holding member of the strut housing.

3 Front pillar 4 Front pillar upper
4b front pillar upper side extended cover part 5 lower front pillar over
5a Door hinge attachment
5b lower front pillar over side extended cover portion 6 front pillar middle 7 hood ridge reinforcement
7a hood ridge reinforcement side extension piece
Mounting portion 8 door open mouth portion 9 doors of 7b Doahinji
9a Guard bar 10 3 lap joint

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A front pillar is connected and arranged between a roof side rail that extends in the front-rear direction of the upper body of the automobile and constitutes the upper part of the car body, and a side sill that extends in the front-rear direction of the lower part of the car and constitutes the lower part of the car body. And a front vehicle body structure configured by connecting a hood ridge reinforcement extending forward of the vehicle body to an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the front pillar, wherein the hood ridge reinforcement extends to the rear side of the vehicle body. The hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece portion, the rear end of which reaches the door opening, is integrally formed, and the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece portion divides the front pillar into two in the vertical direction of the vehicle body. interposed coupled between the front pillar upper and lower front pillar over constituted by, constitute a front pillar middle, and the By extending the upper and lower ends of the bridge ridge force side extension portion to the front pillar upper and the front pillar lower, and bending in a direction away from the hood ridge reinforcement side extension piece portion. A front vehicle body structure of an automobile having a bent flange portion formed . Wherein the hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover portion, a front body structure for an automobile according to 請 Motomeko 1, characterized in that the formation of the mounting portion of the door hinge for opening and closing the door opening.   The rear end portion of the hood ridge reinforcement side extending piece portion is disposed to face the front end portion of the vehicle body of a guard bar for side collision countermeasures provided on the door. Front car structure of the described car. A front pillar upper side extended piece portion is formed by extending a lower end portion of the front pillar upper, the front pillar upper side extended piece portion, the hood ridge reinforcement side extended piece portion, and the front pillar lower portion. by joining the chromatography, front body structure for an automobile according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by being configured to form a 3-ply joints. The front pillar front pillar lower over side extended cover portion is formed by extending the upper end of the lower over the with the lower front pillar over side extended cover part hood ridge reinforcement side extended cover part and the front The front body structure of an automobile according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a three-ply joint is formed by joining the pillar upper. To form the front pillar upper side extended cover part by extending the lower end of the front pillar upper, forms the lower front pillar over side extended cover part by extending the upper portion of the front pillar lower Then, the front pillar upper side extended piece part and the front pillar lower side extended piece part and the hood ridge reinforcement side extended piece part are joined to form a three-ply joint. The front body structure of an automobile according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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