Energy absorbing automotive vehicle body structure

Details Energy absorbing automotive vehicle body structure Energy absorbing automotive vehicle body structure

1997-01-23

1998-03-03

Pape, Joseph D.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Body shell

280751, B60R 2104

Patent

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057227152

ABSTRACT:
An automotive vehicle body structure includes a structural member which forms a load-bearing structure on the vehicle. The structural member presents an edge extending generally toward the interior of the vehicle. A trim component is mounted to the structural member and covers the edge. A high density elastic sleeve is mounted to the edge and spaced from, but adjacent to, the trim component. The edge and the high density elastic sleeve are deformable in response to a force acting thereon to absorb and dissipate the energy generated by the forces.

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