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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2007
Kuniaki Hasegawa, Kariya, JP;
Masanobu Fukukawa, Toyota, JP;
Yoshihiro Ogura, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Noyori, Toyota, JP;
Hiroki Kurokawa, Toyota, JP;
Kuniaki Hasegawa, Kariya, JP;
Masanobu Fukukawa, Toyota, JP;
Yoshihiro Ogura, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Noyori, Toyota, JP;
Hiroki Kurokawa, Toyota, JP;
Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd., Toyota-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A pedestrian protection apparatus for a vehicle, includes a plate member which is disposed at a lower part of a front of the vehicle so as to extend in a frontward and backward direction of the vehicle, which includes a front portion and a rear portion; and a plurality of first reinforcing beads protruding upward and extending in the frontward and backward direction of the vehicle and a plurality of second reinforcing beads protruding downward and extending in the frontward and backward direction. The first reinforcing beads and the second reinforcing beads are provided integrally with the front portion so as to be alternately disposed in a vehicle width direction. The apparatus is arranged to sweep a leg portion that has collided with the front of the vehicle by contact of the plate member with the leg portion, thereby protecting the leg portion.