Passenger protecting structure of vehicle body upper portion of automobile
CA 2194261 C · Owner: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · Inventors: Gondo, Kenji
Overview
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A structure for protecting a passenger of a vehicle body upper portion of an automobile having a roof side rail (20) disposed inwardly of a roof panel (38) and extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and an interior trim material (30) disposed inwardly of the roofside rail is described. The protecting structure includes an energy absorbing material (50) in a space (48) between the interior trim material (30) and the roof panel (38) along the roofside rail (20).
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- Filed January 2, 1997 and granted March 13, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 2, 2017.
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