Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Patent
1992-11-16
1994-05-24
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
293133, 280735, 188377, B60R 2700
Patent
active
053142292
ABSTRACT:
A front body section of a vehicle which is provided with a front-side member and a crush box. The crush box includes a front section and a rear section, which are disposed in front of the front-side member so as to be axially aligned and connected thereto. An upper plate, a lower plate, an outer plate, and an inner plate, all of which form the front section, are prepared so as to provide a lower level of total plastic characteristic, when under load, than those plate members which form the rear section. The crush box thereby exhibits a total plastic characteristic, when under load, in two stages.
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Emori Katsuhiko
Harada Junichi
Matuzawa Tomoki
Yokota Seiji
Hoge Gary C.
Mitchell David M.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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