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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsuaki Eshima, Okazaki, JP;
Kazuya Tokunaga, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/14 (2006.01); B60R 21/206 (2011.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/145 (2013.01); B60R 21/206 (2013.01); B60R 21/231 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23169 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a front pillar on a driver's seat side is deformed to a vehicle rear side due to short overlap collision on the driver's seat side of an automobile, an instrument panel reinforcement bridged between left and right front pillars is bent at a long hole serving as a starting point and provided on an outer side of a column bracket in a vehicle width direction. Due to this, a steering column, which is mounted on the instrument panel reinforcement through the column bracket, is restrained from being displaced due to a load from the front pillar.