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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296189 ; 280751 ;
Abstract
An impact energy absorbing structure includes a front pillar (30) including flange joint portions (44, 45) where flanges respectively of an outer panel (38) and an inner panel (40) are overlapped and joined, a pillar garnish (32) disposed with a space (d) from the front pillar, an energy absorber (34) disposed in the space, and a plurality of abutting ribs (36). The abutting rib is formed so as to bump against the flange joint portion (44) when the pillar garnish deforms outwardly.