Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-07
2011-06-07
Gutman, H (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
active
07954884
ABSTRACT:
An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle end structure capable of more reliably receiving a load upon a collision in a vehicle body of the frame construction. The vehicle end structure of the present invention is one constructed near a front end (or rear end) of a framework of a vehicle and is characterized by comprising a pair of body frame members1extending in an anteroposterior direction of the vehicle body; a bumper reinforce3hung at ends of the pair of frame members1; a pair of brackets4located on the center side of the vehicle with respect to the ends of the pair of frame members1and projecting outwardly and laterally from the respective frame members; a pair of outer pillar members5extending downward from the respective brackets4; a cross member6hung between the pair of outer pillar members5; and a pair of inner pillar members7joining an upper surface of the cross member6to the respective frame members1.
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Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
Gutman H
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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