Apparatus for controlling rigidity of vehicle body
AssigneesUniversity of Washington, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMinoru Taya, Taishi Wada, Shunji Suzuki, Yuta Urushiyama
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling the rigidity of vehicle body according to the present invention comprises a controller for controlling a buckling form, which controls the buckling form by adding to a member to be inputted to a collision load a lateral force in the direction substantially perpendicular to the member.
Claims13
An apparatus for controlling the rigidity of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a controller for controlling a buckling form by applying a lateral force to a member subjected to a collision load,
- wherein the lateral force is applied to the member in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of the collision load, and
- wherein the collision load is applied to the vehicle in a direction extending from a first longitudinal end of the vehicle to a second longitudinal end of the vehicle,
- said controller comprising:
- frame restrictors provided on at least one portion of said member in the direction substantially perpendicular to the collision load, and which restrict deformation of said member in the direction substantially perpendicular to the collision load through the lateral force, and
- a restriction regulator which regulates a restriction state of said frame restrictors.
An apparatus for controlling the rigidity of a vehicle body, the apparatus comprising:
- a side frame member of the vehicle body;
- a lateral force generator which controls buckling of an intermediate member disposed on the side frame member and which applies a lateral force to a collision load to be applied to said intermediate member disposed on the side frame member,
- wherein the collision load is applied in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the side frame member, which is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle body, and
- wherein the lateral force is applied in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the side frame member;
- and
- at least one collision detector,
- wherein the lateral force is controlled based on an evaluation output from the at least one collision detector, and
- wherein the at least one collision detector comprises a plurality of distance sensors provided on the bumper.
An apparatus for controlling the rigidity of a vehicle body, the apparatus comprising:
- a side frame member of the vehicle body, the side frame member having a first side frame member portion and a second side frame member portion,
- a lateral force generator which controls buckling of the side frame member by applying a lateral force to a collision load to be applied to an intermediate member disposed directly between opposing end faces of the first and second side frame member portions,
- wherein the collision load is applied in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the side frame member, which is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle body, and
- wherein the lateral force is added in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the side frame member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.