Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle instrument panel reinforcement attachment structure
- Patent Title (中): 车辆仪表板加强附件结构
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Application No.: US13142351Application Date: 2009-09-25
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Publication No.: US08382196B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Yasunobu Yamazaki
- Applicant: Yasunobu Yamazaki
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/066702 WO 20090925
- International Announcement: WO2011/036780 WO 20110331
- Main IPC: B60J7/00
- IPC: B60J7/00

Abstract:
Deformation of an instrument panel reinforcement is effectively suppressed even if there is a large difference between impact loads that are inputted to a driver seat side and a passenger seat side of the instrument panel reinforcement. At the passenger seat side of the instrument panel reinforcement, a passenger seat side brace member is provided that joins a cowl inner panel with a small diameter portion of the instrument panel reinforcement in a vehicle front-rear direction. The passenger seat side brace member is structured by a front side bracket and a rear side bracket being detachably joined by a bolt. Therefore, the rear side bracket is detached when an offset impact occurs at the driver seat side, a large load is inputted to a large diameter portion of the instrument panel reinforcement and the small diameter portion is pulled to the vehicle rearward side.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120038181A1 VEHICLE INSTRUMENT PANEL REINFORCEMENT ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2012-02-16
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