Body structure of automobile and method for manufacturing body floor

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PATENT NO 9981699
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15120219

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In a body structure of an automobile, a floor panel having a sandwich structure in which a core is sandwiched between and joined to an outer skin and an inner skin, which are made of a CFRP, and a first load-dispersing frame extending in the fore-and-aft direction along a side sill is disposed between an energy-absorbing member and the core. A locally concentrated load inputted into the side sill is absorbed by crumpling of the energy-absorbing member of the interior of the floor panel beneath the side sill and then widely dispersed through the floor panel further inside in the vehicle width direction than the side sill by the first load-dispersing frame, and local destruction of the floor panel further inside in the vehicle width direction than the side sill is inhibited. Furthermore, by increasing bending stiffness of the first load-dispersing frame, to reduce the sheet thickness of the CFRP outer and the inner skins, a light weight is achieved.

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HONDA MOTOR CO LTD1-1 MINAMI-AOYAMA 2-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 107-8556

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ayuzawa, Shotaro Wako, JP 14 240
Kawata, Takahira Wako, JP 6 35
Urushiyama, Yuta Wako, JP 23 237

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