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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:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Atsushi Miyano, Takatsuki, JP;
Assignee:
Kaneka Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 391 ; 296189 ; 280751 ;
Abstract
A vehicular pillar cover which is drastically improved in a performance for absorbing and damping an impact. The vehicular pillar cover comprises ribs (3a and 3b) staggered in a body (2) having a generally C-shaped or folded section, at a suitable spacing, and so extended generally at a right angle with respect to the longitudinal direction of the body (2) from the individual side wall portions (2a and 2b) of the body (2) as to form gaps between the opposed side wall portions and cut-off portions (4a and 4b) in the upper faces of the ribs (3a and 3b) and along the inner side shape of the body (2).