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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Kenji Chiba, Tokai, JP;
Hitoshi Suehiro, Nisshin, JP;
Takahiro Ishijima, Miyoshi, JP;
Daisuke Nakashima, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Chiba, Tokai, JP;
Hitoshi Suehiro, Nisshin, JP;
Takahiro Ishijima, Miyoshi, JP;
Daisuke Nakashima, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A recess is formed at the center of a bumper absorber, provided on the vehicle outer side of a bumper reinforcement, so as to face forward, and an upper recess wall face of an upper absorber portion located on the upper side of the recess is inclined downward. If the subject vehicle is small in height and the amount of vertical overlap between the bumper absorber and the rear bumper of other vehicle (a barrier used in the narrow vertical overlap barrier test of the IIHS) is small, in the initial collision stage, the rear bumper of the other vehicle is guided by the inclined upper recess wall face to move relatively downward while the bumper of the subject vehicle moves relatively upward, preventing underride, increasing the amount of vertical overlap between the rear bumper of the other vehicle and the bumper absorber, and thus achieving reliable impact absorption.