Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Tadayuki Uchida

Shigeto Yasuhara

Tomoya Yabu

Masakazu Kashiwagi

Akira Hojo

Takashi Aoki

Ryota Abe

Ken Nakane

Toshikatsu Mouri

Junichiro Araki

Hideki Miura

Tomoaki Ichikawa

Hidetoshi Kurokawa

Harutaka Maruyama

Nobuyuki Toyoda

Etsuko Karube

A bumper beam formed of fiber reinforced resin containing continuous fibers oriented at least in the vehicle width direction sufficiently absorbs the collision energy of a high-speed collision in the fiber reinforced resin. The bumper beam also has a center portion positioned in the center in the vehicle width direction and protruding outward in the front-back direction, and right and left outer portions inclined from the respective ends of the center portion seen in the vehicle width direction toward the inner side in the front-back direction. The outer portions each have a resin foam member protruding outward in front-back direction. Thus, at the time of a low speed collision, the resin foam member is crushed to absorb part of the collision energy so that the energy is absorbed and distributed over the center and outer portions, protecting the car body frame from deformation.

Vehicle bumper beam and method for manufacturing vehicle bumper beam

A bumper beam bodyand upper and lower parts of a flange portioneach contain a continuous fiber reinforced polymer layer, and a first flange tip portionmade of thermoplastic resin that has an L-shaped cross section extending outward in a vertical direction and then curving outward in a vehicle rear-front direction is connected to edges of the flange portion. Thereby, even when continuous fibers and matrix resin of the continuous fiber reinforced polymer layerstick out from the edges of the flange portionas flash, this flash can be covered with the first flange tip portion

Bumper beam for automobile, method for manufacturing bumper beam, and structure for mounting bumper beam in vehicle body

An air guide structure for guiding outside air in front of the vehicle to equipment to be cooled. Ai air guide duct structure () is provided with: left and right side-wall ducts () provided to the left and right sides of equipment () to be cooled; and left and right seal sections () protruding from the inner wall surfaces () of the left and right side-wall ducts toward the equipment () to be cooled. The left and right seal sections () are spaced by a predetermined distance (S) from the equipment () to be cooled toward the front of the vehicle body. Air pressure during the travel of the vehicle elastically deforms the right and left seal sections () to cause the seal sections to make contact with the equipment () to be cooled.

Air guide duct structure for vehicle

In a vehicle roof structure, a roof panel has a central opening in which a roof glass is supported. A roof molding is mounted to molding mounting grooves that are formed along connecting portions between the roof panel and roof side rails extending along the roof panel. The roof molding includes a molding body and support legs. The molding body also includes: a lip portion that is formed at one side edge thereof and protrudes out of the molding mounting groove to cover a peripheral edge of the roof glass; and an inclined portion which is formed at the other side edge thereof and is inclined smoothly toward a bottom of the molding mounting groove. Therefore, the molding body continuously covers a region from the roof glass to the roof side rail, thereby improving the appearance, and further makes inconspicuous a recess defined by the molding mounting groove and the inclined portion, thereby minimizing the influence of the recess on the roof appearance, while rain water coming from the side of the roof panel is prevented from flowing over the roof side rail.

Vehicle roof structure

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Wako, Japan

Tadayuki Uchida