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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2017
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Akira Haga, Wako, JP;
Tomohito Kamada, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle body structure includes: a hollow frame that presents a substantially rectangular closed cross section and has a brittle section in the center part in the length direction of one wall section; and an energy-absorbing member facing the brittle section with a gap therebetween and attached to another wall section that faces the one wall section in the closed cross section of the hollow frame. The energy-absorbing member has a first wall section and a second wall section erectly provided from the other wall section toward the one wall section, and a third wall section connecting the tip end part of the first wall section and the tip end part of the second wall section. The third wall section faces the brittle section with a gap therebetween.