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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2009
Toro Ishimaru, Miyoshi-Cho, JP;
Jonathan R. Young, Dundee, MI (US);
Robert D. Smith, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Toro Ishimaru, Miyoshi-Cho, JP;
Jonathan R. Young, Dundee, MI (US);
Robert D. Smith, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
A construction for an automotive vehicle having a generally vertically extending pillar positioned adjacent a door opening as well as a laterally extending cross member having one end aligned with the pillar adjacent its bottom. A gusset has one end secured to one end of the cross member and a second end secured to the pillar. A crush box is attached to the pillar and includes at least a portion aligned with the second end of the gusset to provide a controlled pillar deformation resulting in a constant force-deformation loading of the gusset during a side impact.