Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho

Shigeki Hayashi

Kouji Tsukada

Fumio Matsuoka

Hidekazu Nishigaki

Shin-ichi Ishiyama

Shigeru Sakuma

Yoshihisa Kanno

Yasuaki Ikeda

A bending strain measurement apparatus for an abdomen of an anthropomorphic dummy comprises a band constituted of an elastic thin plate member. The band is arranged in a longitudinal direction of the abdomen, has one end thereof fixed in the vicinity of the abdomen of the dummy, and a plurality of gauges are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the band for detecting a bending strain of the abdomen when an obstacle collides with the abdomen. A measuring device measures time history of the bending strain based on bending strain of the respective portions of the band detected by the gauges arranged on the band, as a time transition of the bending strain of respective portions of the band.

Bending strain measurement apparatus for an abdomen of an

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West Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

Shigeki Hayashi