Vehicle interior structure
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsTsuyoshi Yamagiwa, Hiroyuki Matsuda, Katsunori Monden, Hiroshi Nagai
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Abstract
An impact absorbing member is disposed between a roof panel and a top ceiling disposed below the roof panel. The impact absorbing member includes a base plate portion and a hollow, cone-shaped portion extending upward from the base plate portion. The cone-shaped portion has a fragile portion that facilitates vertical crush and deformation.
Claims6
A vehicle interior structure including an impact absorbing member disposed between a roof panel and a top ceiling disposed below the roof panel,
- the impact absorbing member including a base plate portion and a hollow, cone-shaped portion extending upward from the base plate portion,
- the cone-shaped portion having a fragile portion that facilitates vertical crush and deformation, wherein
- the fragile portion is configured as a vertically extending opening formed in a side surface of the cone-shaped portion,
- a lower end of the opening reaches the base plate portion,
- the opening includes a plurality of openings formed along a circumference of the cone-shaped portion at equal intervals,
- the plurality of openings include two openings formed along the circumference of the cone-shaped portion at 180-degree intervals,
- a reinforcement is disposed directly under the roof panel and extends in a vehicle width direction,
- the cone-shaped portion is disposed between the reinforcement and the top ceiling,
- the base plate portion includes a rib for impact absorption at a position displaced from the reinforcement in a longitudinal direction,
- the cone-shaped portion includes a plurality of cone-shaped portions disposed between the reinforcement and the top ceiling and spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction,
- the reinforcement has a cross-section such that a projection projecting upward is continuous with a recess recessed downward in a longitudinal direction, and
- the cone-shaped portion is disposed in the projection projecting upward.
A vehicle interior structure including an impact absorbing member disposed between a roof panel and a top ceiling disposed below the roof panel,
- the impact absorbing member including a base plate portion and a hollow, cone-shaped portion extending upward from the base plate portion,
- the cone-shaped portion having a fragile portion that facilitates vertical crush and deformation, wherein
- the reinforcement has a cross-section such that a projection projecting upward is continuous with a recess recessed downward in a longitudinal direction, and
- the cone-shaped portion is disposed in the projection projecting upward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.