Drawer apparatus in vehicle
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorMitsuo Ogura
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Abstract
A vehicular drawer apparatus comprises a case installed in an interior member and a drawer member disposed in such a manner as to slide in and out of the case. Energy absorption devices for absorbing energy while deforming impact energy applied to the drawer member in a drawn-out direction are disposed on at least one of the case and the drawer member. The energy absorption devices are constructed so as to absorb impact energy in a stepped manner as caused to fail sequentially by a striker. Due to this, the energy absorption devices are not required to have a high strength. In addition, even in the event that an excessively large impact energy is applied thereto, the whole energy can be absorbed thereby.
Claims8
A drawer apparatus adapted to be installed in a vehicle comprising:
- a case installed in an interior member of the vehicle and a drawer member disposed so as to slide in and out of said case;
- wherein at least one of said case and said drawer member has an energy absorption device for absorbing an impact energy applied to said drawer member in a drawing direction in which said drawer member is drawn out while being deformed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.