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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2014
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Daiwa Plastics Co., Ltd., Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Eiji Tanaka, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Susumu Imagaki, Tondabayashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Yao, Kashihara, JP;
Kenji Imamura, Kosai, JP;
Kentaro Okuno, Sakai, JP;
Eiji Hayashi, Sakai, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
DAIWA PLASTICS CO., LTD., Sakai, JP;
Abstract
A pin assembly includes: a resin pin; and a collar fitted to a round shaft portion of the resin pin and having higher hardness than the resin pin. The round shaft portion is sheared to cancel connection between a first plate and a second plate upon secondary collision of a vehicle. The collar includes an end face received by a reception surface of the second plate, and shears the round shaft portion in a shear plane along the end face upon the secondary collision. The round shaft portion includes a hollow hole. An inner circumference of the hollow hole includes a straight portion which has a generating line parallel to an axial direction of the round shaft portion and which is traversed by a plane including the end face of the collar.