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Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2023
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Hirotaka Ishioka, Toyota, JP;

Hideo Takeda, Hekinan, JP;

Norimasa Koreishi, Miyoshi, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 21/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0067 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A driver's cab is located at the front end portion of a vehicle. A sensor unit is provided on the front face of a body of the vehicle and is located at the same height as the driver's-cab floor of the driver's cab. A floor crossing member extends along the lateral direction of the vehicle on the driver's-cab floor between the sensor unit and an accelerator pedal. The floor crossing member has both sides coupled one-to-one with a left front side member and a right front side member extending along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, respectively, at the left front portion and right front portion of the vehicle. After entering the driver's cab due to a frontal collision, the sensor unit abuts on the floor crossing member, leading to suppression of the distance of entry of the sensor unit into the driver's cab.


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