Shock absorber
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsIsao Kobayashi, Kyousuke Ii, Yasuomi Tanaoka
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Abstract
Stability of shock absorbing property of a shock absorber provided on a back surface of a door trim is improved. A shock absorber is attached on the back surface of the door trim, and absorbs impact applied to the door. A quadrangular tube element of the shock absorber has an end plate on a tube tip surface, and faces the back surface of the door trim. The quadrangular tube element has an approximate U shape in which three side surfaces are closed by an upper plate, a lower plate, and a front plate, and the remaining one side surface is opened.
Claims4
A shock absorber which is attached to a back surface of a door trim of a vehicle door and which absorbs impact applied to the vehicle door, comprising:
- an approximate quadrangular tube element having a tube tip surface facing the back surface of the door trim, wherein
- the approximate quadrangular tube element has an approximate U shape in which three side surfaces are closed by an upper plate, a lower plate, and a front plate or a rear plate, and a remaining side surface is opened, and
- an end plate which closes the tube tip surface, and faces the back surface of the door trim, and
- a protrusion or a recess is provided on the end plate, and the projection or the recess engages a corresponding part provided on the back surface of the door trim, to restrict movement within the back surface of the door trim.
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