18903028. VEHICLE IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURE (MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION)
VEHICLE IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURE
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Inventor(s)
Takahiro Otani of Hiroshima JP
Masaaki Tanaka of Hiroshima JP
VEHICLE IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18903028 titled 'VEHICLE IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURE
Original Abstract Submitted
A vehicle impact absorbing structure includes a side frame, a bumper beam, and an impact absorbing member that is compressively deformable by an impact load input to the bumper beam from the front of a vehicle. The impact absorbing member has: a first portion; and a second portion that extends from a front end of the side frame toward the front of the vehicle while being inclined outward in a vehicle width direction, and is joined to a beam end portion of the bumper beam. A Bending rigidity of the second portion against a load in the vehicle width direction, is higher than a bending rigidity of the first portion against the load in the vehicle width direction.