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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuji Ishitsuka, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B60R 19/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/34 (2013.01); B60R 19/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
An energy absorber includes a main body of a closed cross-sectional structure formed by injection-molding a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and having a weld line formed thereon. The main body has openings defined in opposite ends thereof, each of the openings being of a polygonal shape. The weld line is formed on a side surface of the main body. A tilt angle of the weld line is set to a value in a range from −35° to 35° with respect to a reference line interconnecting midpoints on opposite sides of the side surface that are located at the opposite ends of the main body.