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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Yasuo Asaga, Nisshin, JP;
Hidekazu Nishigaki, Nagoya, JP;
Sadayuki Hayashi, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Aichi-Gun, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/00 (2006.01); B62D 25/00 (2006.01); B62D 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 23/005 (2013.01); B62D 25/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle body structure of the present invention includes an elastic base frame formed in a ring shape; and three elastic upper frames each formed in a ring shape, the three upper frames being disposed on the base frame so as to configure a tetrahedron with the base frame, the three upper frames being connected to the base frame, and the upper frames that are adjacent to each other in a peripheral direction of the base frame being connected to each other. A vehicle body structure is hence provided capable of exhibiting high impact absorption properties.