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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenji Gondo, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296214 ; 296210 ;
Abstract
A structure for protecting a passenger of a vehicle body upper portion of an automobile having a roof side rail (20) disposed inwardly of a roof panel (38) and extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and an interior trim material (30) disposed inwardly of the roofside rail is described. The protecting structure includes an energy absorbing material (50) in a space (48) between the interior trim material (30) and the roof panel (38) along the roofside rail (20).