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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2015
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Siyang Yang, Dublin, OH (US);
Shuo Fang, Dublin, OH (US);
Lando C. Hamlett, Marysville, OH (US);
Anthony Ordonio, Jr., Dublin, OH (US);
Ryan Matthew Stokes, Dublin, OH (US);
Yoshihisa Sugamata, Dublin, OH (US);
Andrew K. Swayne, Dublin, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a vehicle including a frame having a side sill reinforcement, the side sill reinforcement running along a length of a side of the frame, and an impact transmission structure mounted to and extending laterally outward from an exterior surface of the side sill reinforcement, the impact transmission structure having a stiffness approximately equal to a stiffness of the side sill reinforcement and being configured to communicate an impact force resulting from a side impact into the vehicle into the frame and not absorb the impact force.