SIDE MEMBER DISTAL END STRUCTURE

• US 20180244226A1
• Filed: 02/22/2018
• Published: 08/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: ABE, Masatoshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,442,380 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 19/023 Details
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 19/26 comprising yieldable mounting means B60R19/38 takes precedence; springs, shock absorbers, or means for damping vibrations per se F16F
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 19/34 destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2019/247 Fastening of bumpers' side ends
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2019/262 with means to adjust or regulate the amount of energy to be absorbed

Abstract

A side member distal end structure includes: a side member distal end part and a lid member disposed forward of a distal end of the side member distal end part. The side member distal end part includes: a closed section part whose sectional shape orthogonal to the vehicle front-rear direction has a closed section structure; and a flange part in which a first panel and a second panel are joined to each other, the flange part being disposed outer than the closed section part and extending along the vehicle front-rear direction. The lid member includes a side plate part partially joined to an outer surface which is a part of the closed section part and is disposed forward of the flange part. In the vehicle front-rear direction, a plate surface of the side plate part faces the flange part.

Claims

1. A side member distal end structure comprising

a side member distal end part and

a lid member disposed forward of a distal end of the side member distal end part in a vehicle front-rear direction, wherein

the side member distal end part includes:

a closed section part whose sectional shape orthogonal to the vehicle front-rear direction has a closed section structure; and

a flange part in which a first panel and a second panel, the first panel and the second panel constructing at least a part of the closed section part, are joined to each other, the flange part being disposed outer than the closed section part and extending along the vehicle front-rear direction,

the lid member includes a side plate part, the side plate part being partially joined to an outer surface, the outer surface being a part of the closed section part and being disposed forward of the flange part in the vehicle front-rear direction, and

in the vehicle front-rear direction, a plate surface of the side plate part faces the flange part.

2. The side member distal end structure according to claim 1, wherein

the plate surface facing the flange part includes a recessed part recessed toward a front of the vehicle in the vehicle front-rear direction, the recessed part being along an erection direction of the flange part.

3. The side member distal end structure according to claim 1, wherein

a facing part of the side plate part, the facing part facing the flange part in the vehicle front-rear direction, includes a joining part and an upright part, the joining part being joined to the outer surface of the closed section part, the upright part being connected with the joining part through a bent part, and the upright part extending along an erection direction of the flange part.

4. The side member distal end structure according to claim 3, wherein

a dimension of the upright part is larger than a dimension of the bent part in a flange width direction, the flange width direction being perpendicular to both of the vehicle front-rear direction and the erection direction of the flange part.

5. The side member distal end structure according to claim 1, wherein

the lid member is provided so as to face the closed section part in the vehicle front-rear direction and to close an opening on a distal end of the closed section part in the vehicle front-rear direction, and

the lid member includes a fastening part fastening a bumper reinforcement and the lid member to each other, the bumper reinforcement being provided along a vehicle width direction.

6. The side member distal end structure according to claim 3, wherein

the plate surface facing the flange part is included in the upright part.