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Title:
SHOCK-ABSORBING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/080864
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a shock-absorbing structure that is for a vehicle and that is provided with at least one shock-absorbing member disposed between two members (11, 13) that configure the vehicle body. The shock-absorbing member (21) is a columnar wooden member of which the direction of fibers is parallel to the axial direction thereof, and absorbs shocks during a vehicle collision by incurring a compressive load in the axial direction and undergoing compressive deformation. In the shock-absorbing member (21), the timing of the start of compressive deformation is staggered in a localized manner with respect to the direction perpendicular to the axis thereof.

Inventors:
OKUDA NOBUHISA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/080223
Publication Date:
June 06, 2013
Filing Date:
November 21, 2012
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Assignee:
TOYOTA AUTO BODY CO LTD (JP)
OKUDA NOBUHISA (JP)
International Classes:
B60R19/34; B62D21/15; F16F7/12
Foreign References:
JP2001182769A2001-07-06
JP2003054442A2003-02-26
JP2010235030A2010-10-21
JP2011162141A2011-08-25
JP2010125858A2010-06-10
JP2005271858A2005-10-06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
OKADA PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE, P. C. (JP)
Patent business corporation Okada international patent firm (JP)
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