Disclosed is a structure (10) for a side portion of a vehicle, the structure (10) having a bulkhead (15) provided within a closed cross-section of a center pillar (13). The bulkhead (15) is disposed so as to be superposed on the lapping section (27a) of a ...

The car door has a reinforcing panel (4) on the inside of its outer skin. This has upper (5) and lower (6) sections which are connected at their ends to form a loop. The sections have C-shaped cross-section with the open side pointing towards the interior ...

A reinforcing member (10) for receiving thereon a thermally expansible reinforcing material (22) includes a tubular carrier (20) and a fastener (26) mechanically affixing the reinforcing material (22) to the carrier (20). The tubular carrier (20) preferabl...