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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Anthony Schroeder, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Jacob O. Borth, Columbus, OH (US);
Takeshi Kobayashi, Tochigi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Dublin, OH (US);
Stephen L. Paulos, Powell, OH (US);
Nithya Rajan, Dublin, OH (US);
Matthew L. Taracko, Marysville, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A net structure for a vehicle includes a first connection to a door arranged in a side opening of the vehicle for selectively closing a door opening portion of the side opening, a second connection to a roll cage frame at or adjacent an upper portion of a passenger seating compartment and a third connection to a vehicle frame of the vehicle. The roll cage frame at least partially defines the side opening. The net structure further includes a tautness axis defined between the second connection and the third connection that is substantially forward of a head area of the passenger compartment with tautness maintained along the tautness axis.