US 12,103,445 B2
Impact absorbing member
Shuntaro Matsuyama, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/916,316
Filed by NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/014397
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/201291, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-066976 (JP), filed on Apr. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158928 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/427 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/42709 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An impact absorbing member comprising
a sheet member having bent parts and a plurality of sheet parts connected through the bent parts and
a restraining member restraining the plurality of sheet parts,
the plurality of sheet parts being superposed in a state folded back at the bent parts in a first direction,
the restraining member restraining the superposed plurality of sheet parts from both sides in a second direction,
the first direction being a direction connecting one end part among two end parts of the sheet member and the bent part adjoining the sheet part at which the end part is positioned,
the second direction being a direction perpendicular to the first direction,
wherein the bend parts have a curvature, and the outer surface of the bend parts are curved.