Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Vtec Co.,ltd.

Masaaki Morikawa

Koki Ikeda

Hideki Ishitobi

Yasuaki Kawakami

Katsuyoshi Ito

Osamu Nagasaka

Thickness T in a vehicle longitudinal direction of a first energy-absorbing member, which is disposed at a front portion of a vehicle, tapers from a middle portion of a vehicle lateral direction (thickness Tc) toward an end portion (thickness Ts). For at least one (preferably both) of the first energy-absorbing memberand a second energy-absorbing member, rigidity in the vehicle longitudinal direction is made smaller from the vehicle lateral direction end portion toward the middle. Hence, loads acting on an impact bodywhen the vehicleimpacts with the impact bodyare equalized in the vehicle lateral direction.

Vehicle with energy-absorbing member in the vehicle end portion structure

A vehicle hood structure of the present invention has: a hood outer panel structuring a vehicle body outer side surface of a hood; a hood inner panel disposed along an entire region of a reverse surface of the hood outer panel, a cross-sectional configuration of the hood inner panel as seen from a vehicle longitudinal direction being a wavy configuration; and shelf portions formed along the vehicle longitudinal direction at side wall portions of the wavy cross-sectional configuration, wherein the cross-sectional configuration of a wavy configuration, of the hood inner panel, is formed along the vehicle longitudinal direction.

Vehicle hood structure

A seal structure includes a frame arranged on an outer periphery of a window portion of a vehicle; a division bar which is connected to the frame by tightening and divides the window portion; a seal member which provides a seal between a vehicle outer side and a vehicle inner side, between the frame and the division bar; and a transmitting portion which transmits a tightening force applied to the frame and the division bar to the seal member.

Seal structure

A level difference portion is formed on a food outer panel of a hood along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body. A flange that connects a bone portion and a bone portion of a food inner panel is formed at a portion below the level difference portion of the hood outer panel. The flange of the hood inner panel extends so as to be curved along the level difference portion of the hood outer panel. The flange of the hood inner panel is connected to the level difference portion of the hood outer panel using an adhesive agent.

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Toyota, Japan

Masaaki Morikawa