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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshikazu Hirose, Kiyosu, JP;
Shigeru Yabuya, Kiyosu, JP;
Yoshihiro Kurosaki, Kiyosu, JP;
Shohei Yamamoto, Kiyosu, JP;
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
A vehicle exterior component includes a honeycomb structure having an inner plate portion arranged in the vicinity of an engine compartment, an outer plate portion arranged at an outer side of the inner plate portion, and a honeycomb portion held between the plate portions. The honeycomb portion includes a plurality of partition walls and a plurality of cells, which are separated from one another by the partition walls. Each of the partition walls of each cell has communication holes, to allow communication between the engine compartment and the interior space of the cell. Each partition wall has an absorbing portion. When external force acting inward is applied to the partition wall, the absorbing portion absorbs energy produced by the external force through deformation of the partition wall at positions corresponding to the peripheries of the communication holes, of the partition wall.