B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – R
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
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B60R 21/02 (2006.01) B60R 13/02 (2006.01) B60R 21/04 (2006.01) B62D 25/00 (2006.01) B62D 25/04 (2006.01) F16F 7/12 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2269694
An impact absorbing member is provided that can absorb impact energy in an upper vehicle body portion. The member may be provided in n interval between a vehicle body structural member and an interior trim spaced from the structural member. The energy absorbing member is a hybrid pipe having a metal foil core member and sheets laminated on opposite surfaces of the core member, each sheet being formed from a material other than metal. The core member and the sheets on the opposite surfaces of the core member are shaped so that the hybrid pipe has protruded portions and recessed portions that are contiguous in a direction of an axis of the hybrid pipe. Various configurations are provided to adjust and control energy absorbing characteristics of the energy absorbing member.
Kato Katsumi
Takahara Isamu
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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