Vehicular impact absorbing member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9566924-B2
Application number	US-201314768462-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2013
Priority date	Feb 25, 2013
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle shock absorbing member, which has a tubular shape having a plurality of flat plate-shaped sidewalls and having a closed section, in which, of the plurality of sidewalls, each of a pair of sidewalls located on right and left sides and separated from each other in a lateral direction of a vehicle has a groove portion formed extending in an axial direction of the tubular shape so as to be recessed inward, which is disposed between a vehicle body-side member and a bumper member in such an attitude that the axial direction corresponds to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and which, when subjected to a compressive load, is crushed like an a bellows in the axial direction to absorb impact energy, a pair of flat plate-shaped partition walls being formed in the tubular shape integrally with the tubular shape so as to be separated from each other in a vertical direction and so as to couple the pair of sidewalls, and the upper partition wall being tilted downward and the lower partition wall being tilted upward such that an interval between the pair of partition walls decreases closer to an inner side of the vehicle in the lateral direction of the vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle shock absorbing member, which has a tubular shape having a plurality of flat plate-shaped sidewalls and having a closed section, in which, of the plurality of sidewalls, each of a pair of sidewalls located on right and left sides and separated from each other in a lateral direction of a vehicle has a groove portion formed extending in an axial direction of the tubular shape so as to be recessed inward, which is disposed between a vehicle body-side member and a bumper member in such an attitude that the axial direction corresponds to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and which, when subjected to a compressive load, is crushed like a bellows in the axial direction to absorb impact energy,
a pair of flat plate-shaped partition walls being formed in the tubular shape integrally with the tubular shape so as to be separated from each other in a vertical direction and so as to couple the pair of sidewalls, and
the upper partition wall being tilted downward and the lower partition wall being tilted upward such that an interval between the pair of partition walls decreases closer to an inner side of the vehicle in the lateral direction of the vehicle.

2. A vehicle shock absorbing member, which has a tubular shape with a closed section that has an elongated shape with a pair of parallel long sides separated from each other in a lateral direction of a vehicle, in which each of a pair of wide sidewalls forming the long sides has a groove portion formed extending in an axial direction of the tubular shape so as to be recessed inward, which is disposed between a vehicle body-side member and a bumper member in such an attitude that the axial direction corresponds to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and which, when subjected to a compressive load, is crushed like a bellows in the axial direction to absorb impact energy,
a pair of flat plate-shaped partition walls being formed integrally with the tubular shape so as to be disposed in upper and lower parts of the tubular shape divided by the groove portions such that the pair of partition walls couple the pair of wide sidewalls, and
the upper partition wall being tilted downward and the lower partition wall being tilted upward such that an interval between the pair of partition walls decreases closer to an inner side of the vehicle in the lateral direction of the vehicle.

3. The vehicle shock absorbing member according to claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle shock absorbing member is a member produced by extrusion molding of a metal, and
the pair of partition walls and the pair of sidewalls are formed integrally each other to extend parallel to the axial direction, and in a section perpendicular to the axial direction, an absolute value [θ] of a tilt angle θ of each of the pair of partition walls with respect to a horizontal direction is in a range of 0°<[0]≦20°.

4. The vehicle shock absorbing member according to claim 1 , wherein
the pair of partition walls are tilted symmetrically with respect to the horizontal direction in the section perpendicular to the axial direction.

5. The vehicle shock absorbing member according to claim 2 , wherein
the pair of partition walls are tilted symmetrically with respect to the horizontal direction in the section perpendicular to the axial direction.

6. The vehicle shock absorbing member according to claim 2 , wherein
the vehicle shock absorbing member is a member produced by extrusion molding of a metal, and
the pair of partition walls and the pair of wide sidewalls are formed integrally each other to extend parallel to the axial direction, and in a section perpendicular to the axial direction, an absolute value [θ] of a tilt angle θ of each of the pair of partition walls with respect to a horizontal direction is in a range of 0°<[θ]≦20°.

Assignees

• Nakanishi Makoto
• Yamada Yutaka
• Toyota Tekko Kk

Inventors

• Nakanishi Makoto
• Yamada Yutaka

Classifications

• B60R19/34 Primary

  destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type · CPC title

• B60R2019/262

  with means to adjust or regulate the amount of energy to be absorbed · CPC title

• B60R2019/247

  Fastening of bumpers' side ends · CPC title