Apparatus for reducing injury to passenger' feet during offset crash
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorDo Hoi Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for reducing injury to a passenger' feet during an offset crash reduces impact energy generated during the offset crash and solve existing problems by eliminating a conventional fourfold welding structure in such a manner that, instead of a conventional reinforced front side rear lower member (member F), a vertical reinforcing member (member Q) of a new structure is fixedly welded to a horizontal reinforcing member (member E), and the bottom of the vertical reinforcing member is spaced apart from a bottom member (member D) to provide an impact absorbing space.
Claims4
An apparatus for reducing injury to a passenger's feet during an offset crash, the apparatus comprising:
- a front side member located at a bottom of a passenger foot area and having a box structure;
- a horizontal reinforcing member disposed horizontally to cross first and second sides of the front side member and connecting the first and second sides of the front side member to increase lateral strength;
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- a vertical reinforcing member attached to a portion of the horizontal reinforcing member to absorb impact energy applied to the bottom of the front side member,
- wherein the vertical reinforcing member comprises a plurality of bead portions projecting from a vertical surface the vertical reinforcing member, and the horizontal reinforcing member comprises a plurality of bead portions projecting inwardly from both sides of the horizontal reinforcing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.