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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Carlos M. Briceno, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Maurice P. Silva, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jonathan R. Young, Saline, MI (US);
Adam D. Holmstrom, Pinckney, MI (US);
Naipaul D. Ramoutar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
Vehicle structures for dissipating energy associated with a collision are described herein. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes a first side support extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a second side support extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and spaced apart from the first side support in a vehicle lateral direction that is transverse to the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a cross-vehicle stabilizing structure extending between the first side support and the second side support, the cross-vehicle stabilizing structure including a first joint portion coupled to the first side support, the first joint portion including a stiffness-reducing portion positioned within a perimeter of the first joint portion, a second joint portion coupled to the second side support, and a cross-vehicle stabilizer portion coupled to the first joint portion and the second joint portion.