Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho

Tetsuzou Inoue

Eiichi Ono

Yoshiki Ninomiya

Kiyokazu Sunami

Yoshikatsu Kisanuki

Kazuo Miki

Kazunori Furukawa

A collision behavior control apparatus which comprises a contacting portion disposed in a portion of the front of a vehicle, and which, at the time of collision against a pedestrian or a two-wheeler with a rider riding thereon, controls the behavior of the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider by pushing the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider separated from the two-wheeler with the contacting portion, wherein the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is pushed by the contacting portion such that the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is not bumped up onto the hood, whereby the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is moved to the vehicle side.

Growing community of inventors

Nagoya, Japan

Tetsuzou Inoue