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US 9,643,553 B2Granted
Impact absorber
AssigneeKyoraku Co., Ltd.
InventorsTeruo Tamada, Naoto Tani
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Abstract
Provided is an impact absorber capable of effectively absorbing impact even if an impact receiving position deviates from a desired position. An impact absorber according to an aspect of the present disclosure has a front wall for receiving impact, a rear wall opposed to the front wall, and surrounding walls for connecting the circumferences of the front wall and the rear wall, wherein thin portions are formed at corner portions for connecting the front wall and the surrounding walls.
Claims16
A knee bolster comprising:
- a front wall for receiving an impact;
- a mounting wall to be mounted on a mounting object and opposed to the front wall;
- surrounding walls that comprise a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall for connecting the circumferences of the front wall and the mounting wall;
- and
- a parting line passing through the front wall, the mounting wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall,
- wherein the first side wall and the second side wall, and the third side wall and the fourth side wall oppose each other,
- wherein groove-shaped ribs extending from the front wall toward the mounting wall are formed on the third side wall and the fourth side wall so that a predetermined angle θ is formed between an extension direction α of the groove-shaped ribs and a perpendicular direction β perpendicular to a surface of the mounting wall, and the groove-shaped ribs extend in a direction inclined with respect to the perpendicular direction β, and
- wherein the ribs comprise first groove-shaped ribs connected to the front wall, second groove-shaped ribs connected to the mounting wall, and connection portions that connect the first ribs and the second ribs, and the ribs are bent at the connection portions.
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A knee bolster comprising:
- a front wall for receiving an impact;
- a mounting wall to be mounted on a mounting object and opposed to the front wall;
- surrounding walls that comprise a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall for connecting the circumferences of the front wall and the mounting wall;
- and
- a parting line passing through the front wall, the mounting wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall,
- wherein the first side wall and the second side wall, and the third side wall and the fourth side wall oppose each other,
- wherein groove-shaped ribs extending from the front wall toward the mounting wall are formed on the third side wall and the fourth side wall so that a predetermined angle θ is formed between an extension direction α of the groove-shaped ribs and a perpendicular direction β perpendicular to a surface of the mounting wall, and the groove-shaped ribs extend in a direction inclined with respect to the perpendicular direction β.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.