JP2006321491A - Reinforcing structure of vehicle body skeleton frame - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reinforcing structure of a vehicle body skeleton frame capable of enhancing the reinforcing effect without changing a skeleton member and a reinforcement member inside thereof. <P>SOLUTION: A deformation peak position generation means 150 is provided on outer members (11, 12) of a hollow section to constitute a front pillar 10 and on a reinforcement 13 inside thereof. By setting the peak position of each buckling mode waveform different from each other, the interference of the deformation mode occurs entirely in the longitudinal direction between both members to disperse the deformation thereof. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a reinforcing structure for a body frame of an automobile.

  As a conventional vehicle body skeleton frame reinforcing structure, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-180518, a skeleton member constituting a vehicle body skeleton frame is provided with an outer material having a hollow cross section and the inside thereof. 2. Description of the Related Art There has been known a structure in which outer material is reinforced with light weight and efficiently by integrally forming the reinforce in a wide range so as to cover the entire inner side of the outer material.

  However, in such a conventional vehicle body skeleton frame reinforcement structure, the reinforcement has a shape along the irregular shape of the inner surface of the outer material, so that the strength of the outer material is improved as much as the reinforcement is installed. The strength distribution is the same as before the installation of reinforce, and therefore the position of bending deformation is the same as before reinforcement by reinforce, and the reinforcement effect is only applied to the bending deformation part for reinforcing the outer material. Because it is not, it is not necessarily an effective reinforcement.

  Therefore, the present invention appropriately sets each buckling deformation mode of the outer cross-section outer material constituting the skeleton member and the reinforce installed therein without increasing the plate thickness or adding reinforcement means. The present invention provides a reinforcing structure for a vehicle body skeleton frame that can improve the reinforcing effect.

  In the present invention, the skeleton structure constituting the vehicle body skeleton frame is configured such that a reinforcement is installed between both ends in the longitudinal direction inside the outer member having a hollow section, and the reinforcement or the outer member is provided. At least one of them is provided with a deformation peak position generating means, and the peak position generating means sets the peak positions of the buckling mode waveforms of the outer material and the reinforce different from each other.

  According to the present invention, the reinforce is installed in the outer member of the hollow cross section over substantially both ends in the length direction, and the deformation peak position generating means is provided in at least one of the reinforce and the outer member. Since the peak positions of the buckling mode waveforms of the outer material and reinforce are set different from each other by the peak position generating means, the outer material and the reinforce are buckled due to a collision load acting on the skeleton member. In the meantime, the deformation mode interference occurs in the entire length direction between the two, and as a result, the synchronization of the deformation is avoided as a whole, and as a result, the outer material and the reinforce are independently buckled and loaded in the initial stage of deformation. The deformation can be distributed to the entire skeletal member, and when the deformation progresses, both interfere with each other to suppress the local deformation growth. It is possible to suppress the deformation of the skeletal member with the resistance force, and to increase the amount of energy absorption by increasing the crushing reaction force. Therefore, the thickness of the outer material and reinforce is increased or the reinforcement material is increased. Without increasing the reinforcing effect of the skeleton member, the collision performance can be improved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a vehicle body skeleton frame that is a subject of the present invention. Vertical frame members such as a front pillar 10, a center pillar 20, and a rear pillar 30, and roof sides that connect upper ends of these pillars 10 to 30. Roof side rail 40 which is a frame member in the front-rear direction, side sill 50 which is a frame member in the front-rear direction of the floor side connecting the lower ends of the pillars 10 to 30, and a front-rear direction disposed on the left and right sides of the front compartment A front side member 60 which is a skeleton member and a side member extension 70 which will be described later which is a rear extension of the front side member 60 are provided.

  These skeleton members 10 to 70 are common to the body of a general passenger car, and the present invention can be applied to any of the skeleton members described above.

  2 to 7 show a first embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a front pillar 10.

  The front pillar 10 includes a hollow cross-section (closed cross-section) outer member made of a pillar outer 11 and a pillar inner 12, and both end portions in the length direction (front-rear direction) inside the hollow cross-section of the outer member (11, 12), That is, the reinforce 13 is installed from the front end A to the rear end B.

  Each of the pillar outer 11 and the pillar inner 12 is formed in a substantially hat-shaped cross section, and a closed cross section is formed by spot welding the flanges 11a and 12a.

  The center portion C of the outer material (11, 12) bent in the vertical direction has a three-branch structure to be joined to the header rail 130 which is another skeleton member, and opens toward the pillar inner 12 side. A portion 14 is formed.

  The reinforce 13 is also formed in a substantially hat-shaped cross section like the pillar outer 11 and the pillar inner 12, and is formed along the inner surface of the pillar outer 11 in this embodiment. However, depending on the design, the reinforce 13 is arranged along the inner surface of the pillar inner 12. It may be established.

  The reinforcement 13 is integrally joined by spot welding with the flange 13a sandwiched between the flanges 11a and 12a of the pillar outer 11 and the pillar inner 12.

  In the present embodiment, the outer material of the front pillar 10 is configured to have a closed cross-section by spot welding the two frame members 11 and 12, but this is a hollow extruded material of a lightweight metal material such as an aluminum alloy, for example. Further, as the reinforcement 13, a hard urethane material can be used instead of the frame material.

  In this embodiment, the front end A of the outer material (11, 12) is connected to other skeleton members such as the hood ridge member 110 and the cowl member 120 on a substantially body waist line that is a boundary between the pillar upper 10U and the pillar lower 10L. Further, the rear end B indicates a connecting portion with the upper end portion of the center pillar 20.

  Therefore, the upper side portion of the front pillar 10 in the present embodiment includes a substantially front half portion that becomes a front region from the center pillar 20 of the roof side rail 40.

  The outer material (11, 12) and the reinforce 13 are respectively provided with deformation peak position generating means 150, and the peak position generating means 150 allows the buckling mode waveforms of the outer material (11, 12) and the reinforce 13 to be changed. The peak positions are set differently.

  Here, as described above, the outer material (11, 12) has a central C point bent in the shape of a substantially U-shaped side surface in the vertical direction and has an opening 14 on the inner side, which is weak in strength. Since the outer material (11, 12) is buckled and deformed in the bending direction starting from the point C as shown in FIG. 4 with respect to the collision load F inputted from the front to the front end A point, The fragile portion C is used as the peak position generating means 150 for the outer material (11, 12).

  On the other hand, the reinforce 13 has a position different from the weak point C point in the outer material (11, 12), for example, a point D that is an intermediate position between the points A and C, and an intermediate position between the points C and B. The bead portions 13A and 13B as weak portions that induce buckling deformation are provided on the upper edge side of the point E, respectively, and the bead portions 13A and 13B serve as the peak position generating means 150 of the reinforce 13.

  In some cases, a reinforcing bead 13C may be provided between the point D and the point E of the reinforcement 13 in the length direction (front-rear direction).

  4 to 6 show the operation when the front pillar 10 of the present embodiment collides from the front of the vehicle and receives an external force F. FIG. 4 shows the buckling deformation mode of the outer material (11, 12). 5 shows a buckling deformation mode of the reinforce 13, and FIG. 6 shows a deformation mode in which the buckling deformation of the outer material (11, 12) and the reinforce 13 is synthesized.

  When a collision load F acts on the point A from the front, the outer material (11, 12) becomes a fragile part by providing a bent part and an opening part 14 at the point C. As shown in FIG. Point C is bent and becomes the starting point of deformation.

  On the other hand, the reinforce 13 has fragile portions 13A and 13B at points D and E that deviate back and forth from the point C bent in the vertical direction near the center. The bending deformation starts around the point D and between the points C and B around the point E.

  That is, in the outer material (11, 12), the peak position of the buckling mode waveform is one point at the C point near the center, whereas in the reinforce 13, the peak position of the buckling mode waveform is the C point. From point to point, there are two points, point D and point E, which have different phases.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, the peak position of the buckling mode waveform is three points D, C, and E in the entire length direction of the front pillar 10, and the deformation is dispersed over a wide area. 11, 12) and reinforce 13 can buckle independently and share the load to distribute the deformation throughout the front pillar 10.

  When the deformation progresses, the two interfere with each other at the three points E, C, and D. However, since these do not coincide with each other because the peak positions are shifted, the mutual deformation of both causes the local deformation to grow. The deformation of the front pillar 10 can be suppressed by the resistance force caused by the interference, and the amount of energy absorption can be increased by increasing the crushing reaction force.

  FIG. 7 shows the effect obtained by dispersing the peak positions of the deformation mode. When the peak positions of the outer materials (11, 12) and the reinforce 13 are shifted without matching, the a1 line in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the deformation mode peaks as a whole can be dispersed and the deformation level of the front pillar 10 can be lowered. Therefore, the thickness of the outer material (11, 12) and the reinforce 13 can be increased or strengthened. Collision performance can be improved by increasing the reinforcing effect of the front pillar 10 without increasing the number of materials.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the deformation peak position generating means 150 is configured by providing the outer material (11, 12) and the weak portion C, D, E in the reinforce 13, and therefore, the outer material (11, 12). As described above, even if the weak portion C is present due to structural reasons, the peak positions of the buckling mode waveforms in both can be easily provided by providing the weak portions D and E at arbitrary positions of the reinforce 13 in consideration of this. Can be adjusted.

  Furthermore, although the case where the number of peak positions in the outer material (11, 12) and the reinforce 13 is different is shown in the above embodiment, the number of peak positions can be set to the same number in the both, and the positions can be set differently. And the number of peak positions can be arbitrarily set according to a required characteristic.

  8 to 13 show a second embodiment in which the present invention is applied to the center pillar 20.

  As described above, the center pillar 20 has an upper end A coupled to the roof side rail 40 (in this embodiment, an upper rear portion of the front pillar 10), and a lower end B coupled to the side sill 50.

  The center pillar 20 includes an outer member 21 having a hollow cross section (closed cross section), and reinforce 22 in both ends of the outer member 21 in the length direction, that is, from the upper end A to the lower end B. Is configured.

  The outer material 21 is generally known to have a closed cross-section formed by spot welding a frame material having a substantially hat-shaped cross section and a substantially flat closing plate. In the present embodiment, the outer material 21 is made of, for example, aluminum. A material that is extruded into a hollow cross section with a light metal material such as metal is used, and the reinforce 22 is also made of a hollow cross section extruded material of the same material.

  The outer member 21 has flanges 21a provided on the upper and lower ends thereof joined to the corresponding roof side rail 40 and side sill 50, while the reinforce 22 is inserted into the hollow section of the outer member 21, and the upper, The lower end passes through the roof side rail 40 and the side sill 50 and is joined to the abutting surfaces inside the roof side rail 40 and the side sill 50 via flanges 22a provided at the upper and lower ends.

  The outer material 21 and the reinforce 22 are provided with deformation peak position generating means 150, and the peak position generating means 150 sets the peak positions of the buckling mode waveforms of the outer material 21 and the reinforce 22 differently. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the outer member 21 has a side window arrangement region (not shown) between A and C (C position is substantially equivalent to a door waist line). Although an arc is drawn, it is designed to be substantially vertical between C and B supporting a door (not shown) for reasons of strength, and the point C has a curved shape of a substantially upper half and a substantially lower half. The vertical shape of the portion is a bent portion that is bent outwardly in a U-shape, and is a portion having high resistance against side collision.

  Here, when another vehicle collides with the center pillar 20 in a side collision of the vehicle, the D position corresponding to the bumper or engine height of the opponent vehicle, that is, the D point below the C point is the outward direction. It is regarded as a weak part with respect to the side collision load at an intermediate position between point C with high strength bent to point B and stiffened by coupling with side sill 50, and outer material 21 uses point D as a peak position. Therefore, the peak position generating means 150 of the outer material 21 is defined by the weakened portion D point.

  On the other hand, the reinforce 22 is buckled and deformed with respect to the side collision load at a position different from the weak point D point in the outer material 21, for example, a position close to the point B stiffened by the coupling with the side sill 50. A bead portion 22A is provided as a fragile portion that induces the phenomenon, and the bead portion 22A serves as the peak position generating means 150 of the reinforce 22.

  FIGS. 12 and 13 show the operation when the center pillar 20 of the present embodiment receives an external force F by colliding from the side of the vehicle.

  As described above, when another vehicle collides with the center pillar 20 in the side collision of the vehicle, the collision load F is input to the point D corresponding to the height position of the bumper of the opponent vehicle, and the outer member 21 uses this D point. It buckles and deforms as a peak position.

  On the other hand, since the reinforcement 22 is provided with a bead portion 22A that induces buckling deformation at an E point below the D point, the reinforce 22 is buckled and deformed with the E point as a peak position.

  As a result, the outer material 21 and the reinforce 22 share the load while buckling independently at the initial stage of deformation to distribute the deformation throughout the center pillar 20, and when the deformation proceeds, both the D, E These two points interfere with each other to suppress the growth of local deformations of the two, so that the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13A, the outer member 21 is buckled and deformed with the point D as a peak position by the input of the side collision load F, and the reinforce 22 is the point E. As shown in FIG. 13B, the deformation mode of the reinforce 22 is inclined from the point D toward the peak position E. The peak position of the material 21 is gradually moved downward toward the point E along the inclination of the wall surface corresponding to the inclination in the vicinity of the point E of the deformation mode of the reinforcement 22 in the growth process of the deformation. It approaches the point B stiffened by the combination.

  Since the side sill 50 is one of the skeleton members having the highest strength and rigidity in the skeleton frame of the vehicle body and has high torsional strength, the peak position D of the outer material 21 approaches the side sill 50 as buckling deformation proceeds. Thus, an increase in resistance due to the side sill 50 can be expected.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the same effect as that of the first example can be obtained. In addition, as described above, the peak position D of the outer member 21 is stiffened in relation to the other vehicle that collides with the side. Even in the case of setting the position away from the point, by setting the peak position E point of the reinforce 22 between the point D and the point B close to the point B, the peak position (E of the reinforce 22 (E Point) A wall surface that is inclined and deformed with the occurrence of a deformation peak in the vicinity can be used as a mode adjusting means for moving and adjusting the generated peak position of the outer material 21 by a guide action. By this mode adjusting means, the outer material 21 can be adjusted. It is possible to further enhance the deformation suppression effect of the center pillar 20 by moving the generation peak position of the center pillar 20 so as to approach the point B having high rigidity.

  In addition, as described above, the wall surface of the reinforcement 22 itself is effectively used as the mode adjusting means, so that a dedicated member is not necessary, so that it can be advantageously obtained in terms of cost.

  14 to 18 show a third embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a floor skeleton member.

  The rear end portion of the front side member 60 is configured as a side member extension 70 having a closed cross section that extends around the lower surface of the floor panel 80 along the toe board inclined surface of the dash panel 90 and extends in the front-rear direction. On the lower surface side of the lower ridge line of the tunnel portion 80A of the floor center, a tunnel member 140 that is formed in a substantially hat-shaped cross section and forms a closed cross section is joined and disposed in the front-rear direction.

  Further, a floor cross member 100 is provided in the vehicle width direction across the side sill 50 and the tunnel member 140 on the lower surface of the floor panel 80 so as to be orthogonal to the side member extension 70. The side sill 50, the side member extensions 70, The floor cross member 100, the tunnel member 140, and the like constitute a floor skeleton member.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the floor cross member 100 among the floor skeleton members is taken as an example.

  The floor cross member 100 is formed in a substantially hat-shaped cross section, and is joined to the lower surface of the floor panel 80 via a flange 101a to form a hollow cross section (closed cross section), and the inside of the outer cross section of the outer material 101 is a hollow cross section. And a reinforce 102 disposed across both ends in the length direction (vehicle width direction).

  Since the side member extension 70 plays a role of transmitting and distributing the load input from the front to the rear of the cabin at the time of a frontal collision of the vehicle, a structure that is continuous in the front-rear direction is required.

  Therefore, the outer member 101 of the floor cross member 100 is divided into left and right parts at a point C intersecting with the side member extension 70, and is abutted and joined to the side portion of the side member extension 70.

  On the other hand, the reinforce 102 is made of a hard urethane material in the present embodiment, and is arranged as a continuous body extending from a joint A point with the side sill 50 of the outer material 101 and a joint B point with the tunnel member 140.

  Therefore, through holes 70a are provided in the left and right side walls of the side member extension 70, and the reinforce 102 intersects with the side member extension 70 through the through hole 70a.

  The reinforce 102 is bonded to the corresponding side sill 50 and the tunnel member 140 at points A and B by adhesion or the like, but is not joined to the side member extension 70, and there is a slight gap between them. Is secured.

  In the present embodiment, the reinforce 102 is made of a hard urethane material as described above. However, this may naturally be a panel material having a substantially hat-shaped cross section similar to the outer material 101, and the outer material 101, the reinforce 102, As the side member extension 70 and the tunnel member 140, a hollow extruded material such as an aluminum alloy can be used.

  FIG. 16 shows the operation when the floor cross member 100 of the present embodiment receives an external force F due to a front oblique offset collision.

  At the time of an oblique front offset collision of the vehicle, the degree of input decreases as indicated by the collision loads F1, F2, and F3 in the order of the side member extension 70 and the tunnel member 140 in the vehicle width direction from the side sill 50 located on the outer side of the vehicle body.

  For this reason, the deformation level in the front-rear direction is large in the outermost side sill 50, and the deformation level is small in the innermost tunnel member 140, resulting in a deformation state in which the floor is inclined sideways.

  FIG. 17 shows a deformation mode of the outer member 101, and FIG. 18 shows a deformation mode of the reinforce 102. The outer member 101 has a joint C point with the side member extension 70 as shown in FIG. As a result, bending deformation occurs. At this time, the maximum retracted position as viewed from the vehicle body is the point A where the side sill 50 is connected, but the peak position of the curved deformation as viewed from the reference line connecting the two end points A and B of the outer member 101 is the point A. It becomes D point in the middle of C point. That is, this point D is regarded as a fragile portion with respect to the offset collision load, and the fragile portion D point can be used as the peak position generating means 150 of the outer material 101.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 18, the reinforce 102 provided in the outer member 101 also has the point A at the maximum retracted position with respect to the vehicle body, but the opposite support end is the point B. The peak position of the curved deformation as viewed from the reference line connecting B is a point C approximately in the middle between these points AB. That is, this C point is regarded as a weak part with respect to the offset collision load, and the weak point C point can be used as the peak position generating means 150 of the reinforce 102.

  As a result, the peak position in the deformation mode in which both the outer material 101 and the reinforce 102 are combined is two points D and C that are different from each other in the vehicle width direction, and the deformation is distributed throughout the floor cross member 100. Thus, the deformation of the floor cross member 100 and the deformation of the floor panel 80 can be suppressed.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, the outer member 101 and the reinforce 102 are not subjected to special processing for the deformed peak position generating means 150, and the outer member 101 is divided into left and right parts on the floor skeleton configuration, and the side members are separated. In consideration of the fact that the extension 70 is connected and crossed with the extension 70, the reinforce 102 that is inscribed is arranged in a continuous straight shape so that the peak positions of the deformations of the two differ in the vehicle width direction, so that the optimum reinforcing effect can be obtained. Obtainable.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an automobile body skeleton frame that is a subject of the present invention. The perspective view which shows the arrangement | positioning state of the front pillar in 1st Embodiment of this invention. The disassembled perspective view of the front pillar shown in FIG. Side surface explanatory drawing which shows the buckling deformation behavior of the outer material in FIG. Side surface explanatory drawing which shows the buckling deformation behavior of reinforce in FIG. Side surface explanatory drawing which synthesize | combines and shows the buckling deformation behavior of the outer material and reinforce shown in FIG. 4, FIG. The waveform diagram explaining the buckling deformation mode in 1st Embodiment of this invention. The side view which shows 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The half cross-sectional front view which shows the center pillar arrangement | positioning part of FIG. 8 as a cross section. The schematic perspective view which shows the arrangement | positioning part of the center pillar shown in FIG. 8, FIG. FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 10. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the center pillar in 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The longitudinal cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 12 explaining the deformation | transformation mode of the center pillar in 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view seen from the floor lower surface side which shows 3rd Embodiment of this invention. The exploded perspective view of FIG. The bottom view of the floor in a 3rd embodiment of the present invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the deformation | transformation mode of the outer material of the floor cross member in 3rd Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the deformation | transformation mode of the reinforcement of the floor cross member in 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Front pillar (frame member)
11 Pillar outer (outer material)
12 Pillar inner (outer material)
13, 22, 102 Reinforce 13A, 13B, 22A Bead part (fragile part)
20 Center pillar (frame member)
21 Outer material 30 Rear pillar (frame member)
40 Roof side rail (frame member)
50 Side sill (frame member)
60 Front side member (frame member)
70 Side member extension (frame member)
100 Floor cross member (frame member)
150 Deformation peak position generating means

Claims (6)

The skeleton member constituting the vehicle body skeleton frame is configured by an outer material having a hollow cross section, and reinforce installed between the both ends of the outer material in the longitudinal direction inside the outer material,
A deformation peak position generating means is provided on at least one of the reinforcement or the outer material,
A reinforcing structure for a vehicle body skeleton frame, wherein the peak positions of the buckling mode waveforms of the outer material and reinforce are set different from each other by the peak position generating means.   2. A reinforcing structure for a vehicle body skeleton frame according to claim 1, wherein the peak position generating means is provided in the vicinity of a coupling portion with another skeleton member.   In Claim 1, each of the outer material and the reinforcement is provided with deformation peak position generating means, one peak position generating means is brought close to the joint with the other skeleton member, and the other peak position generating means is connected to the other skeleton. A reinforcing structure for a vehicle body skeleton frame, characterized in that the peak position of each buckling mode waveform is made different by setting it apart from the joint with the member.   The reinforcing structure for a vehicle body skeleton frame according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the deformation peak position generating means is formed by a fragile portion.   5. A reinforcing structure for a vehicle body skeleton frame according to claim 1, further comprising mode adjusting means for moving and adjusting the peak position generated by the deformation peak position generating means.   6. The reinforcing structure for a vehicle body skeleton frame according to claim 5, wherein the mode adjusting means is constituted by a wall surface in the vicinity of a peak position where the opposed outer material or reinforcement is generated.

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