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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2012
Jonathan Richard Young, Dundee, MI (US);
Donald James Robert Parr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ernest Matthew Villanueva, San Francisco, CA (US);
Derek Paul, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jonathan Richard Young, Dundee, MI (US);
Donald James Robert Parr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ernest Matthew Villanueva, San Francisco, CA (US);
Derek Paul, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Tesla Motor, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An impact protection structure for a vehicle impacting a blunt-object barrier includes a support structure of the vehicle, an energy absorbing rail coupled to the support structure, and a localized energy dissipation structure. The energy absorbing rail extends an energy absorbing rail length and includes a plurality of lumens. The localized energy dissipation structure extends a localized energy dissipation structure length less than the energy absorbing rail length.