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US 2001/0042988 A1Published application
Upper body structure of motor vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuo Kobayashi
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Abstract
An impact absorbing member is composed of a first impact absorbing portion disposed between a roof side panel and a roof head lining, a second impact absorbing portion disposed between the roof head lining and a region that is in a reinforcement and that is spaced from the roof side panel towards a central portion of the roof, and a third impact absorbing portion connecting the first impact absorbing portion to the second impact absorbing portion. The third impact absorbing portion is thinner than the first impact absorbing portion and the second impact absorbing portion.
Claims15
An upper body structure of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a roof;
- a ceiling member disposed over a passenger compartment at a predetermined distance from the roof;
- and
- an impact absorbing member that is disposed within the predetermined distance and that absorbs an impact resulting from a load from inside the passenger compartment,
- wherein the impact absorbing member has a first impact absorbing portion having a first thickness disposed between an outer peripheral portion of the roof and the ceiling member, a second impact absorbing portion having a second thickness disposed between the ceiling member and a position spaced from an outer peripheral portion of the roof towards a central portion of the roof, and a third impact absorbing portion that connects the first impact absorbing portion to the second impact absorbing portion and that has a third thickness that is less than the first thickness and the second thickness.
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An upper body structure of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a roof having a roof side portion;
- a ceiling member disposed over a passenger compartment at a predetermined distance from the roof;
- and
- an impact absorbing member that is disposed within the predetermined distance and that absorbs an impact resulting from a load from inside the passenger compartment,
- wherein the impact absorbing member has a first impact absorbing portion having a first thickness disposed between an outer peripheral portion of the roof side portion and the ceiling member, a second impact absorbing portion having a second thickness disposed between the ceiling member and a position spaced from an outer peripheral portion of the roof side portion towards a central portion of the roof, and a third impact absorbing portion that connects the first impact absorbing portion to the second impact absorbing portion and that has a third thickness that is less than the first thickness and the second thickness.
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An impact absorbing member inserted between a roof and a ceiling member of a vehicle, comprising:
- a first impact absorbing portion having a first thickness disposed between an outer peripheral portion of the roof and the ceiling member;
- a second impact absorbing portion having a second thickness disposal between the ceiling member and a position spaced from an outer peripheral portion of the roof towards a central portion of the roof;
- and
- a third impact absorbing portion that connects the first impact absorbing portion to the second impact absorbing portion and that has a third thickness that is less than the first thickness and the second thickness.
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An impact absorbing member inserted between a roof having a roof side portion and a ceiling member of a vehicle, comprising:
- a first impact absorbing portion having a first thickness disposed between an outer peripheral portion of the roof side portion and the ceiling member;
- a second impact absorbing portion having a second thickness disposal between the ceiling member and a position spaced from an outer peripheral portion of the roof side portion towards a central portion of the roof;
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- a third impact absorbing portion that connects the first impact absorbing portion to the second impact absorbing portion and that has a third thickness that is less than the first thickness and the second thickness.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a lower body structure and an upper body structure combined to define a passenger compartment;
- a roof;
- a ceiling member disposed over the passenger compartment at a predetermined distance from the roof;
- and
- an impact absorbing member that is disposed within the predetermined distance and that absorbs an impact resulting from a load from inside the passenger compartment,
- wherein the impact absorbing member has a first impact absorbing portion having a first thickness disposed between an outer peripheral portion of the roof and the ceiling member, a second impact absorbing portion having a second thickness disposed between the ceiling member and a position spaced from an outer peripheral portion of the roof towards a central portion of the roof, and a third impact absorbing portion that connects the first impact absorbing portion to the second impact absorbing portion and that has a third thickness that is less than the first thickness and the second thickness.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a lower body structure and an upper body structure combined to define a passenger compartment;
- a roof having a roof side portion;
- a ceiling member disposed over the passenger compartment at a predetermined distance from the roof;
- and
- an impact absorbing member that is disposed within the predetermined distance and that absorbs an impact resulting from a load from inside the passenger compartment,
- wherein the impact absorbing member has a first impact absorbing portion having a first thickness disposed between an outer peripheral portion of the roof side portion and the ceiling member, a second impact absorbing portion having a second thickness disposed between the ceiling member and a position spaced from an outer peripheral portion of the roof side portion towards a central portion of the roof, and a third impact absorbing portion that connects the first impact absorbing portion to the second impact absorbing portion and that has a third thickness that is less than the first thickness and the second thickness.
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An upper body structure of a motor vehicle comprising:
- a roof;
- a ceiling member disposed over a passenger compartment at a predetermined distance from the roof;
- and
- an impact-absorbing member that is disposed within the predetermined distance and that absorbs an impact resulting from a load from inside the passenger compartment,
- wherein the impact-absorbing member has a first impact-absorbing portion having a first surface having a first size facing the roof, and a second surface having a second size facing the ceiling member, and wherein the first size is less than the second size.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.