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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Nagakute-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, Nagakute-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 21/02 (2006.01); F16F 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 21/02 (2013.01); F16F 7/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicular structural element that includes: a plurality of elongated tube-shaped members; and a retaining member that retains the plurality of elongated tube-shaped members, such that they are disposed alongside each other in a circumferential direction with respect to a predetermined central axis. A tubular assembly configured by an assembly of the plurality of elongated tube-shaped members has inner locations disposed at an inner region viewed along an axial direction set with a lower rigidity in the axial direction than outer locations disposed at an outer region viewed along the axial direction.