Strength member for vehicle use
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsKoichi Ito, Mikio Hirano, Masafumi Kawashima, Hironori Suzuki, Dai Matsui, Kazushi Shikata, Mitsugu Yamanaka
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Abstract
A strength member, for vehicle use, extending in the vehicle width direction inside an instrument panel of a vehicle has a reinforcing bar in which a closed space is formed, and the reinforcing bar has a driver's seat side region, a central region and an assistant driver's seat side region, the reinforcing bar being composed of a metallic member arranged in the driver's seat side region and a resin member or a resin and metallic member arranged in the central region and the assistant driver's seat side region.
Claims27
A strength member for vehicle use extending in the vehicle width direction inside an instrument panel of a vehicle, having a reinforcing bar in which a closed space is formed, the reinforcing bar having a driver's seat side region, a central region and an assistant driver's seat side region, the reinforcing bar being composed of a metallic member arranged in the driver's seat side region and a resin member or a resin and metallic member arranged in the central region and the assistant driver's seat side region.
A strength member for vehicle use extending in the vehicle width direction inside an instrument panel of a vehicle, wherein a metallic portion of the strength member for vehicle use has a driver's seat side region, a central region and an assistant driver's seat side region, the strength member for vehicle use has a closed section in the driver's seat side region, the strength member for vehicle use has a closed or open section in the central region, and the strength member for vehicle use has an open section in the assistant driver's seat side region.
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