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Title:
STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE FRONT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004268826
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To obtain a structure of an entire vehicle body capable of relaxing a load acting on knee joints of a pedestrian, and securing an enough approach angle at the time of collision with the pedestrian.

A structure of a front of a vehicle body S is equipped with a front bumper 16 with a bumper reinforcement 18 covered by a bumper cover 22. A movable member 32 arranged lower than a bottom end of the bumper cover 22 without projecting is normally positioned at a rear of an intermediate part 22A of the bumper cover 22 as a portion initially collided with a load supporting part 38, and is rotated around a hinge part 32A by colliding a pedestrian P with the bumper cover 22, so as to move the load supporting part 38 relatively forward to the intermediate part 22A. Some of collision load are supported below the bumper reinforcement 18 by the load supporting part 38, so that an area receiving the load is increased in an upper and lower direction.


Inventors:
MIKI TOSHIAKI
Application Number:
JP2003064806A
Publication Date:
September 30, 2004
Filing Date:
March 11, 2003
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60R19/12; B60R19/04; B60R19/18; B60R19/40; B60R19/48; (IPC1-7): B60R19/12; B60R19/04; B60R19/18; B60R19/40; B60R19/48
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Nakajima
Kato Kazunori
Katsuichi Nishimoto
Hiroshi Fukuda