Vehicular structural element and vehicle body front section structure
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
InventorsHidekazu Nishigaki, Yasuo Asaga, Ichiro Aoi
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Abstract
A vehicular structural element that includes: a plurality of elongated tube-shaped members; and a retaining member that retains the plurality of elongated tube-shaped members, such that they are disposed alongside each other in a circumferential direction with respect to a predetermined central axis. A tubular assembly configured by an assembly of the plurality of elongated tube-shaped members has inner locations disposed at an inner region viewed along an axial direction set with a lower rigidity in the axial direction than outer locations disposed at an outer region viewed along the axial direction.
Claims9
A vehicular structural element comprising:
- a tubular assembly having a central axis and comprising a plurality of elongated tube-shaped members extending in an axial direction parallel to the central axis;
- and
- a retaining member that retains the plurality of elongated tube-shaped members, such that they are disposed alongside each other in a circumferential direction with respect to the central axis,
- wherein:
- the tubular assembly includes an outer region and an inner region positioned closer to the central axis than the outer region, and
- the inner region has a lower rigidity in the axial direction than the outer region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.