Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Toyota Motor Corporation

Joseph Charles Walusek

Paxton Steven Williams

Sagar Kulkarni

Paul Maria-Antonius Slaats

Kanichi Saito

Josh David Fraley

Kimberly A Strigle

Disclosed herein is a door, lock and a protector block. The door includes an inner panel, a lock including a cable mounting plate and an inner surface, the inner surface faces the inner panel and connects to the inner panel such that an inner space is created between the cable mounting plate and the inner panel, and a protector block connected to the inner surface of the rear lock within the inner space present between the cable mounting plate and the inner panel.

Protection block for vehicle door lock

A motor vehicle includes a first side member having first lower and upper darts. The motor vehicle also includes a second side member parallel with and spaced apart from the first side member, the second side member having second lower and upper darts. The upper darts are positioned between the lower darts and end portions of the respective first or second side members. The motor vehicle further includes first and second bumper brackets coupled to the end portion of the respective first or second side members, a bumper reinforcement member coupled to the first and second bumper brackets, and a counter rotation bracket coupled to the bumper reinforcement member and extending upwards from the bumper reinforcement member. The lower darts and the upper darts form a preferential buckling zone of the first and the second side members.

Motor vehicles having bumper counter rotation brackets

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Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Joseph Charles Walusek