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Title:
FRONT SIDE MEMBER STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMOBILE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH09183388
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To simplify structure of a front side member and to improve impact energy absorbing efficiency in a collision.

In a front side member 1 provided with closed cross section structure, the first reinforcement 2 is arranged in a supporting part 1A for an engine, a suspension, and the like, and in front of the first reinforcement 2, the second reinforcement 3, which is integrally connected to the first reinforcement 2 so that its front end is protruded from the tip of the front side member 1, and is provided with a plate thickness thinner than that of the first reinforcement 2, is extended, so that an impact absorbing part 4 is formed of the front end projecting part in the second reinforcement 3. In this way, rigidity of the front side member 1 is gradually increased from the front side to the rear side.


Inventors:
AKITA MANABU
AOYAMA KATSUHIRO
Application Number:
JP35397795A
Publication Date:
July 15, 1997
Filing Date:
December 28, 1995
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA AUTO BODY CO LTD
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B62D21/02; B62D21/15; B62D25/08; B62D25/20; (IPC1-7): B62D25/08; B62D21/02
Domestic Patent References:
JPS4869220A1973-09-20
JPH048677A1992-01-13
JPH0351258U1991-05-17
JPS61127085U1986-08-09
JPS4938316A1974-04-10
JPS63180544A1988-07-25
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ito Juma