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AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorBenjamin Penner
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A glove box assembly incorporated into a vehicle instrument panel, along which extends a reinforcing bar. The assembly includes a three-dimensional and interiorly open receptacle fixedly mounted within the instrument panel. The receptacle includes one or more integrally formed structural projections extending from a rear side thereof and in a direction towards the reinforcing bar, typically spaced a slight distance from the receptacle structure. A bin secures within said glove box receptacle and includes a door exposed to adjoining surfaces of the instrument panel. Upon experiencing a collision event resulting in a passenger's knees impacting the door, inward deformation of the receptacle transfers forces both to the instrument panel and through deforming the reinforcing bar.
A glove box assembly mounted within a vehicle instrument panel and, upon experiencing a collision event resulting in a passenger's knees impacting the glove box, exerting a desired deformation of a reinforcing bar associated with the instrument panel following initial forward travel of the glove box to engage the reinforcement bar, said assembly comprising:
A glove box assembly incorporated into a vehicle instrument panel along which extends a reinforcing bar, said assembly comprising:
A lower body energy absorbing and balancing assembly incorporated into a glove box and offsetting an energy requirement of a passenger upper body mounted vehicle airbag, said assembly comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.