Motor vehicle windscreen side pillar has inner reinforcing tube shaped to engage with walls of outer casing

摘要

#CMT# #/CMT# The vehicle body (10), made with a front windscreen bay (16) and side openings (12, 14) for doors, has the windscreen side pillars (18) connected to roof and door supports (20, 22) and shaped to form two side walls (38, 42) with their free edges joined to create a tube. Each pillar contains a reinforcing tube (26) that is shaped to engage with the outer casing side walls and extends from the roof to the door support, where it engages with the door fixings, and into the sill (24). #CMT#USE : #/CMT# Motor vehicle body with reinforced windscreen pillar. #CMT#ADVANTAGE : #/CMT# The pillar reinforcing tube allows the pillar's overall thickness to be reduced while providing additional strength for the door support and roof. #CMT#DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS : #/CMT# The drawings show a side view of part of the vehicle body and a cross-section of a windscreen pillar. 10 : Vehicle body 12, 24 : Side openings 16 : Windscreen bay 18 : Windscreen side pillar 20, 22 : Roof and door supports 24 : Sill 26 : Reinforcing tube 38, 42 : Windscreen casing side walls.