Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Impact-absorbing structure for vehicle
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Application No.: US16344883Application Date: 2017-10-24
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Publication No.: US10994680B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Chikara Kawamura
- Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Hiroshima
- Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hiroshima
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JPJP2016-211405 20161028
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/038391 WO 20171024
- International Announcement: WO2018/079562 WO 20180503
- Main IPC: B60R19/03
- IPC: B60R19/03 ; B60R19/18 ; B60R19/34 ; B32B5/26 ; F16F7/12 ; F16F7/00

Abstract:
Each impact-absorbing member has an open cross-sectional shape that is open to a first side of a vehicle width direction. Each impact-absorbing member includes an upper wall, a lower wall, a side wall extending between the upper wall and the lower wall, an upper flange portion extending upward from the upper wall, and a lower flange portion extending downward from the lower wall. Curved portions curved in the vehicle width direction in a protruding manner are formed in the side wall. The upper wall and the lower wall include a plurality of plate-shaped flat portions adjacent in the vehicle width direction, and step portions connecting the adjacent flat portions while forming a step in a vertical direction, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190270420A1 IMPACT-ABSORBING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2019-09-05
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