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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2021
Applicants:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/14 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 25/14 (2013.01); B60K 37/04 (2013.01); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/63 (2019.05); B60R 11/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/02 (2013.01); B60R 11/0229 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 21/34 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0005 (2013.01); B60R 2011/008 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0049 (2013.01); B60R 2021/343 (2013.01);
Abstract
A structure of a vehicle disclosed herein may include: a windshield; an instrument panel located below the windshield; in-vehicle equipment disposed such that the in-vehicle equipment projects upward above an upper surface of the instrument panel and is fixed to the instrument panel; and an impact relieving mechanism configured to, when a rearward and downward collision load is applied to the in-vehicle equipment, relieve the collision load by moving the in-vehicle equipment rearward and downward.