Vehicle member
AssigneeToyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshihisa Miura, Kazunari Kojio
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Abstract
A vehicle member comprises a wooden member and a resin cover member integrally covering the wooden member. The vehicle member absorbs or transmits a received load. The cover member integrally includes a load acting portion and an attaching portion. The wooden member is positioned in the vehicle member so that a shaft center direction of annual rings is aligned with an input direction of the load. The attaching portion is attachable to an attached member of a vehicle.
Claims8
A vehicle member for absorbing or transmitting a received load, comprising:
- a wooden member;
- and
- a resin cover member integrally formed and covering the wooden member,
- wherein the resin cover member integrally includes a load acting portion and an attaching portion being attachable to an attached portion within a vehicle,
- wherein the wooden member is positioned within the load acting portion so that a shaft center direction of annual rings of the wooden member is aligned with an input direction of a load;
- and
- wherein the wooden member closely contacts opposite sides of the load acting portion in a direction perpendicular to the shaft center direction of the annual rings.
A vehicle member for absorbing or transmitting a received load, comprising:
- an attaching portion;
- a load acting portion extending from the attaching portion along a force receiving axis;
- a wooden member located within the load acting portion;
- and
- wherein fibers of the wooden member primarily extend in a direction parallel to the force receiving axis;
- and
- wherein the wooden member closely contacts opposite sides of the load acting portion in a direction perpendicular to the force receiving axis.
A vehicle member for absorbing or transmitting a received load, comprising:
- a wooden member;
- and
- a cover member integrally formed and covering the wooden member, the cover member including a load acting portion primarily extending in an axial direction and an attaching portion;
- wherein the wooden member is positioned within the load acting portion so that a shaft center direction of annual rings of the wooden member is aligned with the axial direction of the load acting portion;
- and
- wherein the wooden member closely contacts opposite sides of the load acting portion in a direction perpendicular to the shaft center direction of the annual rings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.