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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
May. 23, 2024
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Skylar C. Watson, Williamston, MI (US);
Taylor R. Farish, Waxahachie, TX (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Various embodiments described herein relate to vehicular underbody covers that comply with vehicular impact performance. An underbody cover for a vehicle includes a plate body that attaches to an underbody of a vehicle. The underbody includes a first crossbeam and a second crossbeam spaced from the first crossbeam in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The plate body defines a first end that attaches to the first crossbeam and a second end opposite the first end that attaches to the second crossbeam. The underbody cover also includes a first attachment component that rigidly attaches the first end to the first crossbeam and a second attachment component that movably attaches the second end to the second crossbeam and allows the second end to disengage from the second crossbeam in an impact involving the vehicle, thereby preventing transmission to the vehicle through the underbody cover of a load from the impact.
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