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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162388 | Multiple tube body side construction for automobiles A body side construction for an automotive vehicle is formed from multiple tubular members arranged to maximize the strength of the body side members while minimizing the amount of material utilized in the manufacture of the body side members and, thus reducing the ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8123286 | Vehicle side section structure A vehicle side section structure that is capable of a required stiffness and enables a reduction in weight of a roof side section is provided. A roof side rail that structures a vehicle side section structure is provided with: a roof outer panel that has length in a... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8038205 | Vehicle having a passenger compartment body structure A vehicle having a body structure that defines a front portion of a passenger compartment. The vehicle includes first and second closure frame structures and a roof structure that interlocks with the first and second closure frame structures. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8020927 | Composite reinforcement member for a body structure of a motor vehicle The reinforcement member of a body structure is composed of two member elements which are of u-shaped profile in cross section and which are arranged nested one inside the other. Turned-up limb portions of the outer member element have edge-side retaining lugs betwe... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7963591 | Connection between the roof cross-member and the upper center pillar reinforcement of a motor vehicle A connection between an upper center pillar reinforcement and a roof cross-member allows providing a body with a high degree of mechanical resistance, in particular with respect to lateral impacts to a vehicle. The connection makes use primarily of a window post lin... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7862108 | Vehicle lower body structure A vehicle lower body structure (1) including a vehicle compartment; a windshield pillar (3) that is provided at the side portion the vehicle and that extends in the vehicle-height direction; a rocker (4) that is connected, at the front end porti... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857377 | Tubular B-pillar to stamped rocker joint and method of assembling the same A pillar to rocker joint assembly comprising a tubular pillar having a pinched flange near a lower end of the pillar is joined to a rocker assembly including a side sill and rocker reinforcement. A method of making a pillar to rocker joint assembly that comprises a ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7758107 | Dual cell body side rail for automotive vehicles A body side rail construction for an automotive vehicle is formed in a dual cell configuration. A reversed C-shaped channel is welded to the closed section of the conventional roof side rail member to enable the body side rail member to be a smaller section that is ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7731274 | Body support structure of a vehicle A pair of left and right rockers are arranged along a vehicle longitudinal direction at lower portions of two vehicle lateral direction ends of a body. A floor cross-member is provided at each of two vehicle lateral direction end portions of a cross member, which is... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7648194 | Indoor structure of vehicle In an indoor structure of a vehicle including a door (12) provided in a door opening (20) at the side of a vehicle and a step (5) for passenger ingress and egress provided on the indoor side of the door opening, the step being located at a lower... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7549696 | Bus side wall construction A bus side wall construction includes a skeletal member formed by a plurality of metallic members welded together and a plurality of window assemblies. The metallic members include a longitudinal roof member, a longitudinal lower member, a longitudinal upper member ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7543883 | Roof rail with integrally formed pinched flanges A support rail for a vehicle has an A-pillar portion and a roof rail portion. The roof rail and A-pillar are formed with a tubular body portion and longitudinally extending support flanges. The support flanges are formed by pinching the blank during the hydroforming... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7431378 | Interlocked pillar and roof rail joint A joint assembly for joining a tubular B-pillar to a tubular roof rail. The joint assembly includes an inner bracket plate and an outer bracket plate that are welded to each other around the roof rail and B-pillar. The outer bracket plate extends across the B-pillar... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7396072 | Side panel for a motor vehicle, and method of making such a side panel A side panel for a motor vehicle includes a bottom sill member, a roof panel portion, and a plurality of pillars extending between the sill member and the roof panel portion. The sill member forms with the pillars and the roof panel portion a single-piece structure ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7377581 | Roof structure for a vehicle and method for producing said structure The invention relates to a roof structure for a vehicle with a roof panel (1), with side wall panels (2) and with a front and rear roof frame (10, 11), the roof panel (1) having a front side (3) and a rear side (4) and a lon... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364226 | Structural assembly having integrated outer and inner reinforced members A structural assembly, such as for use as a rocker panel in an automotive vehicle and which includes an outer rocker cover and an inner attached and reinforcing member. The reinforcing member is constructed from a continuous steel grade and roll formed material and ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364225 | Vehicle body structure Disclosed is a vehicle body structure, which comprises a body sidewall which forms a side portion of a vehicle body, a wheel house formed on a lower side of the body sidewall and provided with a mounting portion on which a rear suspension system mounts, a side pilla... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360825 | Drip molding for vehicle, having furnishing lip part bending toward windowpane A drip molding supported by a pillar at a corner of the front or back of a vehicle, for draining waterdrops entering a side edge of a front or back windowpane. The drip molding has a base attached to the pillar; a part for sealing a gap between the base and the side... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357448 | Unitary hydroformed roof support pillar A one-piece B-pillar having a front flange and a rear flange formed on an upper portion of the B-pillar. The front and rear flanges extend forwardly and rearwardly from a trapezoidal section of the B-pillar. An inner concave portion is provided in a lower portion of... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347491 | Rail to rocker joint using hydroformed members A process for connecting a hydroformed front rail member of an automotive frame to the body side inner (rocker) beam does not require a substantive re-design of the frame to accommodate an overlapping parallel orientation of two tubular frame members. The hydroforme... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341299 | Double cell crushable joint for automotive front end A structural joint is formed between the upper frame rail, which bends downwardly to define a generally vertically extending portion, and a generally fore-and-aft extending lower frame rail that can increase bending resistance without sacrificing crash energy manage... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328938 | Side impact load transmitting structure A side impact load transmitting structure includes: a vehicular seat disposed in a cabin; a tunnel portion that is disposed such that it protrudes upward into the cabin and extends in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body; a load transmitting member including a l... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328928 | Vehicle rear tray structure A rear tray 1 separates a vehicle room and a trunk from each other and includes a closed section part 6 formed integrally with the rear tray 1, the closed section part 6 extending in the width direction of a vehicle and having a polygonal... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325866 | Modular underbody for a motor vehicle A module for a frame for a motor vehicle with a pair of laterally spaced, longitudinally extending central side rail structures. The module including a pair of tubular hydroformed side rail members and a laterally extending connecting structure connected between the... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310878 | Automotive lower body component method of manufacture A method for manufacturing a lower body component for a vehicle is provided including forming a one-piece floor pan at least partially defining a vehicle passenger compartment and substantially extending longitudinally at least the entire length thereof, and forming... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311169 | Door system for automotive vehicle A door system for an automotive vehicle includes an impact-responsive catcher pin which may be operated by a supplemental restraint system having side impact sensing capability so that the impact-responsive catcher pin may be directed to deploy from a housing mounte... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303033 | Vehicle frame assembly and method for same A method for assembling vehicular structural frames employing elongated members and connectors interconnecting the elongated members increases flexibility in assembling chassis frames and body frames. The method includes assembling a first vehicle structural frame a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300099 | Clip in structural load transfer member A structural load transfer member for a vehicle including a housing having a first open end, a second open end, and a central bore. A first end member having an inner side is attached to the housing and an outer side of the first end member is attached to a sill of ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296847 | Reinforcement system utilizing a hollow carrier A system and method for reinforcing at least a portion of a structural member, including at least one hollow carrier, having an exterior shell and an interior portion, which substantially conforms to the dimensions and geometry of the structural member being reinfor... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293823 | Interlocked pillar and roof rail joint A joint assembly for joining a tubular B-pillar to a tubular roof rail. The joint assembly includes an inner bracket plate and an outer bracket plate that are welded to each other around the roof rail and B-pillar. A flange of the roof rail is received in a slot for... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290831 | Vehicle with layered roof build The invention contemplates a body structure for a vehicle. The body structure includes a roof panel and a side frame. The attachment flange of an outer body side panel includes a roof mounting portion with a dual angle, a glass mounting portion at an angle that matc... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281755 | Vehicle support structure with floor impact movement restriction device A vehicle support structure is provided with a floor impact restriction device coupled between a structural floor member of a vehicle floor and a vehicle suspension member supporting the vehicle floor. The floor impact restriction device basically has a suspension a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7267395 | Vehicle upper body structure A vehicle upper body structure of the present invention includes: a step part for arranging a slide rail formed on a roof side rail; a pillar that is joined to the roof side rail in the vicinity of a standing wall that constitutes a front end part of the step part; ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255388 | Reinforcing members A structural reinforcement for a hollow section at least part of at least one of whose surfaces is the internal surface of an external panel comprising a rigid reinforcing member having a shape that substantially conforms to the cross section to be reinforced. An ex... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253374 | Sheet-to-tube welded structure and method Method of welding a metal sheet and metal tubing as well as a welded sheet-to-tube welded structure wherein the tube-to-sheet gage ratio may be reduced to permit use of metal tubing having a reduced wall thickness. One or more intermediate metal bridging members is/... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249797 | Rear body structure for a motor vehicle A rearward body structure of a motor vehicle has a vehicle body shell cutout for a tailgate attached to the body structure. The body structure has a roof junction assembly in which a lateral roof side member, a transversely extending roof frame with a hinge connecti... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250124 | Structural reinforcement article and process for preparation thereof The invention is a process for the preparation of article comprising placing a film on each inner surface of each part of a two part mold; placing an article in the mold with film located between the surface of the mold and the article such that there is a small spa... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243981 | Vehicle body deformation control assembly A vehicle body assembly including a portion that is subject to deformation during vehicle impact events includes a body component, and at least one deformation control plate carried by the vehicle body assembly to engage the body component and inhibit deformation of... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243985 | Vehicle structure A vehicle structure, preferably applied to a vehicle with 2-door automobiles with the intention of inhabitation of center pillar deformation, particularly intrusion inside the vehicle, as a side impact collision, including: a rear roof rail which is placed in a rewa... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237832 | Vehicle body side structure A vehicle body structure having a pillar member maintains the shape of a pillar member in a substantially linear state when the pillar member deforms inward toward the passenger compartment during a side collision. The pillar member has a collision force converting ... | 07/03/2007 |
