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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2022
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Kyle E. Rosander, Saline, MI (US);
Phouvadol P. Khouphongsy, Saline, MI (US);
Tejaswi Mule, Westland, MI (US);
Robert J. Stauffer, South Lyon, MI (US);
Zachary T. Pawson, Deerfield, MI (US);
Louis J. Brady, Romulus, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A test fixture for a testing a vehicle seat mounting includes a first portion and a second portion separate from the first portion and having a fulcrum supported thereon. An energy absorbing member is attached to the test fixture first portion and extends around a portion of the fulcrum. The energy absorbing member is formed so as to have a first shape when the test fixture first portion and second portion are spaced apart less than a predetermined distance. The test fixture is structured so that movement of the second portion in a direction away from the first portion causes the fulcrum to slide along the energy absorbing member. Sliding of the fulcrum along the energy absorbing member plastically deforms the energy absorbing member into a second shape different from the first shape.