18903134. 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 18903134 titled 'VEHICLE IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURE
Original Abstract Submitted
A vehicle impact absorbing structure includes a side frame, a bumper beam, and an impact absorber compressively deformed by an impact load input to the bumper beam from the front of a vehicle. The impact absorber 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. At least a part of a rear end of the second portion is located on an outer side of a rear end of the first portion in the vehicle width direction, and the rear end of the first portion and the rear end of the second portion overlap a front end of the side frame in vehicle front view.