IMPACT ENERGY ABSORPTION STRUCTURE FOR INTERIOR OF VEHICLE

摘要

An impact energy absorption structure for the interior of a motor vehicle, provided with a trim member (10) covering the inner surface of a structural member defining the interior of a motor vehicle which faces the interior of the vehicle, and an impact absorption member interposed between the surface of the structural member which faces the interior of the vehicle and the trim member (10), whereby the impact energy transmitted from the surface of the trim member (10) toward the structural member can be absorbed, an impact otherwise occurring when a crew member in the interior of the vehicle collides with the structural member being thus damped to enable the crew member to be protected. The structural member is, for example, a pillar (1) forming the interior of a motor vehicle and provided with the trim member (10) so that the trim member (10) covers the surface of the pillar (1) which faces the interior of the vehicle. The impact absorption member is, for example, a resin rib (11) which can be formed so that the deformation or destruction of this resin rib (11) causes the impact energy transmitted from the surface of the trim member (10) toward the pillar (1) to be absorbed therein.