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Patent US7226120 - Skeleton member structure - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA skeleton member structure having a tubular structural member (11, 211) filled with granular materials for absorbing impact energy. The granular materials includes a granular material having a hollow portion (12 a, 212 a) or a porous granular material. When the skeleton member receives an impact, the...http://www.google.com/patents/US7226120?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7226120 - Skeleton member structureAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7226120 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/507,545PCT numberPCT/JP2003/002972Publication dateJun 5, 2007Filing dateMar 13, 2003Priority dateMar 15, 2002Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2467706A1, CN1606664A, CN100398379C, DE60305667D1, DE60305667T2, EP1485634A1, EP1485634B1, US20050124730, WO2003078858A1Publication number10507545, 507545, PCT/2003/2972, PCT/JP/2003/002972, PCT/JP/2003/02972, PCT/JP/3/002972, PCT/JP/3/02972, PCT/JP2003/002972, PCT/JP2003/02972, PCT/JP2003002972, PCT/JP200302972, PCT/JP3/002972, PCT/JP3/02972, PCT/JP3002972, PCT/JP302972, US 7226120 B2, US 7226120B2, US-B2-7226120, US7226120 B2, US7226120B2InventorsShouji YamazakiOriginal AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (18), Referenced by (5), Classifications (14), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetSkeleton member structure
US 7226120 B2Abstract
Skeleton member structures having skeleton or structural members filled with filling materials are know from, for example, (1) paper pre-published for 2001 JSAE (Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan) Spring General Meeting, entitled �ATTEMPT TO COPE WITH BOTH CRASHWORTHINESS AND WEIGHT REDUCTION� (hereinafter called Prior Art 1), (2) science paper, 1986, The university of Manchester, England, �STATIC AND DYNAMIC AXIAL CRUSHING OF FOAM-FILLED SHEET METAL TUBES� (hereinafter called Prior Art 2), (3) paper published in Automobile Engineering, Vol. 55, April, 2001, �DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD OF ENHANCING BODY FRAME STRENGTH USING STRUCTURAL FOAM� (hereinafter called Prior Art 3), (4) Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2001-130444 entitled �IMPACT ENERGY ABSORBING MEMBER� (hereinafter called Prior Art 4), and (5) Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2000-46106 entitled �DAMPING PANEL� (hereinafter called Prior Art 5).
Methods for forming solidified granular materials are know from, for example, (6) U.S. Pat. No. 4,610,836 entitled �METHOD OF REINFORCING A STRUCTURAL MEMBER� (hereinafter called Prior Art 6), (7) the art for solidifying a granular material by use of a resin material (hereinafter called Prior Art 7), (8) the art for solidifying a granular material by a crosslinking liquid film (hereinafter called Prior Art 8), and (9) the art for solidifying a granular material in itself (hereinafter called Prior Art 9).
(4) Prior Art 4 describes in paragraph [0025] at page 4 that �in order that the impact energy absorbing member can easily receive an impact load in the surface direction thereof, in the case where the impact energy absorbing member has a cavity portion, it is preferable that fitting matter such as grains, a foamed material or a core be fitted into the interior of the impact energy absorbing member to enhance the longitudinal rigidity of the impact energy absorbing member�. In addition, FIG. 14 of the same publication discloses an impact energy absorbing member having an interior in which fitting matter is fitted.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a skeleton member structure characterized by a skeleton member and granular materials having hollow portions or porous granular materials, a space inside the skeleton member and/or a space surrounded by the skeleton member and a surrounding panel member being filled with the granular materials.
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