US Patent 8011721 Vehicular side body structure

Patent 8011721 was granted and assigned to Honda on September, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Honda

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

8011721

Date of Patent

September 6, 2011

Patent Application Number

12608342

Date Filed

October 29, 2009

Patent Primary Examiner

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Kiran B Patel

Patent abstract

Side sill includes a side sill body formed of a steel plate, and a side sill reinforcing member formed by extruding an aluminum alloy and provided inside the side sill body. Reinforcing bracket formed by casting an aluminum alloy covers the outer surface of the side sill body. The reinforcing bracket has protruding portions projecting, through through-holes formed in the side sill body, generally toward the interior of the side sill to be fixed to portions of the side sill reinforcing member, so that the side sill reinforcing member is restrainedly held by the reinforcing bracket.