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US 12,172,700 B2Granted
Vehicle
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Subaru Corporation
InventorsTohru Ohkawa, Hayato Morioka
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a steering column connected to a steering wheel, a column cover that covers the steering column, and an air duct that is disposed inside an instrument panel and passes in front of the column cover. Buckling strength of the air duct in a vehicle body front-rear direction in front of the steering wheel is lower than buckling strength of the column cover in the vehicle body front-rear direction.
Claims10
A vehicle comprising:
- a steering column connected to a steering wheel;
- a column cover that covers the steering column;
- and
- an air duct that is disposed inside an instrument panel and passes in front of the column cover, wherein the air duct comprises:
- a first notch on an interior of the air duct, wherein buckling strength of the air duct in a vehicle body front-rear direction in front of the steering wheel is lower than buckling strength of the column cover in the vehicle body front-rear direction.
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