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US 2025/0018796 A1Published application
Instrument panel support structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi NAGAO
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Abstract
The instrument panel support structure supports the instrument panel on the vehicle body via the support member, and includes a panel displacement allowing mechanism that allows displacement of the instrument panel with deformation of the support member in response to an impact applied to the instrument panel. The deformation of the support member causes resistance, and the instrument panel is displaced while being subjected to the resistance, whereby the impact energy is absorbed.
Claims4
An instrument panel support structure that supports an instrument panel provided in a vehicle cabin on a vehicle body, wherein:
- the instrument panel is supported on the vehicle body via a support member;
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- the instrument panel support structure includes a panel displacement allowing mechanism that allows displacement of the instrument panel with deformation of the support member when an impact is applied to the instrument panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.