Vehicle impact absorption structure
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinichi Arimoto, Kohei Nasu, Taisuke Nonaka, Kazuhiro Kawamura, Yasuomi Tanaoka
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Abstract
A vehicle impact absorption structure includes a door trim and an impact absorption member located on an outer side of the door trim in a vehicle width direction. The impact absorption member includes a base plate arranged to face the door trim, a plurality of legs extending from the base plate toward the door trim, and a plate-shaped rigid wall extending from the base plate toward the door trim. Each of the legs is bent between a distal end of the rigid wall and the base plate.
Claims7
A vehicle impact absorption structure comprising:
- a door trim;
- and
- an impact absorption member located on an outer side of the door trim in a vehicle width direction, wherein
- the impact absorption member includes
- a base plate arranged to face the door trim, the base plate includes a cutout section formed at each corner of the base plate
- a plurality of legs extending from an edge of a corresponding cutout section of the base plate toward the door trim, and
- a plate-shaped rigid wall extending from the base plate toward the door trim, and
- each of the legs is bent between a distal end of the rigid wall and the base plate.
A vehicle impact absorption structure comprising:
- a door trim;
- and
- an impact absorption member located on an outer side of the door trim in a vehicle width direction, wherein
- the impact absorption member includes
- a base plate arranged to face the door trim, the base plate has a shape of a quadrangle whose four corners are each cutout,
- four legs extending from a corresponding cutout at the four corners of the base plate toward the door trim, and
- a plate-shaped rigid wall extending from the base plate toward the door trim, and
- each of the legs is bent between a distal end of the rigid wall and the base plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.