Collision energy absorbing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11560179-B2
Application number	US-202117330553-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2021
Priority date	Jun 23, 2020
Publication date	Jan 24, 2023
Grant date	Jan 24, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a collision energy absorbing apparatus capable of suppressing a peak load at the initial stage of a collision and a load drop immediately after it. The collision energy absorbing apparatus is an apparatus that absorbs collision energy, the apparatus being mounted on a vehicle and including a pressure member, an absorbing member, and a guide part that guides, a moving direction of the pressure member, in which a hole through which the pressure member guided and moved by the guide part enters is formed in the absorbing member, and in an event of a collision, the pressure member is guided by the guide part and a tip part of the pressure member enters the hole formed in the absorbing member while shearing an inner wall of the hole, to thereby absorb collision energy.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A collision energy absorbing apparatus configured to absorb collision energy, the collision energy absorbing apparatus being mounted on a vehicle and comprising a pressure member, an absorbing member, and a guide part that guides a moving direction of the pressure member, wherein
a hole through which the pressure member guided and moved by the guide part enters is formed in the absorbing member,
in an event of a collision, the pressure member is guided by the guide part and a tip part of the pressure member enters the hole formed in the absorbing member while shearing an inner wall of the hole, to thereby absorb collision energy wherein
the absorbing member is provided between the alignment member and the pressure member, and
a diameter of the pressure member is set to be larger than a diameter of the hole so that the pressure member abuts an area around the hole of the absorbing member.

2. The collision energy absorbing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the guide part is a guide rod provided in the alignment member, and
a guide hole into which the guide rod is fitted is formed in the pressure member.

3. The collision energy absorbing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a central axis of the guide hole formed in the pressure member, a central axis of the hole formed in the absorbing member, and a central axis of the guide rod coincide with one another.

4. The collision energy absorbing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the guide part is a guide rod provided in the pressure member, and
a guide hole into which the guide rod is fitted is formed in the alignment member.

5. The collision energy absorbing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein a central axis of the guide hole formed in the pressure member, a central axis of the hole formed in the absorbing member, and a central axis of the guide rod coincide with one another.

6. The collision energy absorbing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the guide part is a recess part provided in the hole, and
the tip part of the pressure member is fitted into the recess part in a state in which a front end surface of the pressure member abuts a bottom surface of the recess part.

7. The collision energy absorbing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a central axis of the pressure member and the central axis of the hole formed in the absorbing member coincide with each other.

8. The collision energy absorbing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hole is a tapered hole which narrows in a frustum shape from a side of the absorbing member facing the pressure member to a side of the absorbing member opposite to the side thereof facing the pressure member.

9. The collision energy absorbing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least the tip part of the pressure member is made of a material harder than the material of the absorbing member.

10. The collision energy absorbing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the pressure member comprises the tip part and a pressure member body to which the tip part is attached.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hiramatsu Koichi
• Kurozumi Koji

Classifications

• B60R2019/026

  Buffers, i.e. bumpers of limited extent · CPC title

• B60R2019/247

  Fastening of bumpers' side ends · CPC title

• F16F7/127

  by a blade element cutting or tearing into a quantity of material; Pultrusion of a filling material · CPC title

• B60R19/023 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• F16F7/125

  Units with a telescopic-like action as one member moves into, or out of a second member (F16F7/124, F16F7/127, F16F7/128 take precedence) · CPC title