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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2020
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Naipaul D. Ramoutar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher P. Sheehy, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Valerie Schnabelrauch, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jonathan R. Young, Saline, MI (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A spacer for vehicle panels can be shaped such that it absorbs a substantial portion of a first load, the first load applied in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the exterior panel; controllably deforms along a second direction when a second load is applied substantially along the second direction; wherein the second direction is other than the first direction. The spacer need not deform along the second direction when the first load is applied. The spacer can have a shaped member having a channel extending through the spacer perpendicular from the exterior panel, such that the spacer can controllably deform along a width of the channel.