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Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.

Wakamiya Industry Co., Ltd.

Kazuyuki Fukushima

Takane Suzuki

Kaoru Itou

Akihiro Konda

A shock absorbing structure for a vehicle, including resin bodies spaced apart from each other, and at least one connecting body each connecting adjacent resin bodies. Each connecting body includes first and second connecting members which are made of a synthetic resin material having flexibility. Each of the connecting members connects the adjacent resin bodies such that each first connecting member and each second connecting member corresponding to each first connecting member are spaced apart from each other in a direction intersecting a direction in which the resin bodies are spaced apart from each other. At least one of the first connecting members and at least one of the second connecting members includes at least one curved/bent portion which is flexible in a plane perpendicular to a shock-receiving direction in which a shock is to be primarily applied to the resin bodies.

Shock absorbing structure for vehicle

A shock absorbing structure for a vehicle, including (a) a plurality of main bodies each made of a resin and including a lateral wall that extends substantially in a shock-receiving direction in which a shock is to be primarily applied to the shock absorbing structure, and (b) at least one connecting body each made of a resin and connecting adjacent ones of the main bodies. Each of the at least one connecting body includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion has a shape configured to be deformable more easily in a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to the shock-receiving direction, than in a parallel direction that is parallel to the shock-receiving direction. The second connecting portion has a shape configured to be deformable more easily in the parallel direction than in the perpendicular direction.

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Toyota, Japan

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