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US 12,752,642 B2Granted
Energy absorber
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKouichirou Ueno, Takuya Inoue
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Abstract
The energy absorber includes a body portion that is formed of resin and is assembled into a metal closed space of a vehicle; a plurality of energy absorbers are provided on the body portion, and when the body portion is assembled to the vehicle, the energy absorber has an opening on the outside in the vehicle width direction; A cell having a lower surface having a downward slope of three degrees or more from one end on the inside in the vehicle width direction to the other end on the outside in the vehicle width direction when viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.
Claims2
An energy absorber comprising:
- a body portion made of a resin and assembled in a metal closed space of a vehicle, the vehicle being subjected to an electrodeposition coating process;
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- a plurality of cells provided in the body portion and each including an opening on an outer side in a vehicle width direction with the body portion assembled to the vehicle, the cells each including a lower surface having a downward inclination angle of three degrees or more from a first end portion on an inner side in the vehicle width direction toward a second end portion on the outer side in the vehicle width direction as seen from a rear side of the vehicle, wherein
- the lower surface includes an inner portion and an outer portion such that the downward inclination angle at the outer side is greater than that at the inner side, the downward inclination angle in the inner portion being constant, and the downward inclination angle in the outer portion gradually increasing toward the second end portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.