# US 2019/0168587 A1 · Impact absorption member > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0168587 A1 - Document ID: US20190168587A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/320,978 - Filed: 2017-07-26 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-28 - Assignees: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation - Applicants: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation - Inventors: Toshiya SUZUKI; Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA; Yasuhiro ITO; Satoshi SHIRAKAMI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190168587A1 ## CPC - B60J 5/0441: {the elements having a grid-like structure, i.e. interconnected or interwoven elements} - B60J 5/00: Doors (B60J10/00 takes precedence; window aspects B60J1/00 {; side board or tailgate structures for open load compartments B62D33/023}) - B60J 5/0423: {characterised by position in the lower door structure} - B60J 5/0444: {characterised by a special cross section} - B60R 21/04: Padded linings for the vehicle interior {; Energy absorbing structures associated with padded or non-padded linings} - B60R 21/0428: {associated with the side doors or panels, e.g. displaced towards the occupants in case of a side collision} - B60R 2021/0414: {using energy absorbing ribs} - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract To make it possible to make impact absorption at the time of a collision even when there is no sufficient space. [Solution] An impact absorption member according to the present invention includes: a member that is placed adjacent to an exterior material 110 of an automobile and in which a height in a direction orthogonal to the exterior material is larger than a width in a direction along the exterior material in a cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the member. By this configuration, a first member 122 and a second member 124 are arranged so as to extend in different directions and be adjacent to the exterior material 110 of an automobile, and therefore impact absorption at the time of a collision can be made even when there is no sufficient space. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An impact absorption member comprising: a first member extending in a first direction; a second member extending in a second direction different from the first direction and crossing the first member; and a cross portion between the first member and the second member, the first member and the second member being placed adjacent to an exterior material of an automobile, a height of the first member in a direction orthogonal to the exterior material being larger than a width of the first member in a direction along the exterior material in a cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the first member, and a height of the second member in a direction orthogonal to the exterior material being larger than a width of the second member in a direction along the exterior material in a cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the second member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The impact absorption member according to claim 1, comprising: two or more said first members; and two or more said cross portions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The impact absorption member according to claim 1, wherein the first member and the second member are joined to the exterior material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The impact absorption member according to claim 1, wherein thicknesses of the first member and the second member in the direction orthogonal to the exterior material are reduced in the cross portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The impact absorption member according to claim 2, wherein a cross portion between a first member and the second member in which the second member is placed on a side of the exterior material is present between two cross portions between two first members and the second member in which the two first members are placed on the side of the exterior material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The impact absorption member according to claim 1, wherein the first member or the second member traverses the exterior material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The impact absorption member according to claim 1, wherein a supported portion supported on an opposite side to the exterior material is present in at least one place in a longitudinal direction of the first member or the second member, and a distance between the cross portion and the supported portion is within ⅓ of a length of the first member or the second member in which the supported portion is present. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The impact absorption member according to claim 7, wherein the supported portion is an end portion of the first member or the second member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The impact absorption member according to claim 7, wherein the supported portion is joined to some other component than the exterior material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The impact absorption member according to claim 1, wherein the first member and the second member are each a hollow structure in which a sheet material is bent, and has a first surface adjacent to the exterior material and a second surface that is larger than the first surface in width orthogonal to the extending direction and is placed apart from the first surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The impact absorption member according to claim 10, wherein the second surface is divided along the extending direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The impact absorption member according to claim 1, wherein the first member and the second member each has a martensite structure.