VEHICLE BRACKET

• US 20090091102A1
• Filed: 10/02/2008
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Okimoto, Kohei
• Granted Patent: US 7,905,511 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/728.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars

Abstract

A vehicle bracket long in one direction includes a base portion, an attachment portion configured to be integrally formed with the base portion and to be attached to a vehicle component, and a rotation stopper portion configured to be integrally formed with the base portion and to prevent the bracket from being rotated with respect to a vehicle body. Upper and lower sides of the bracket have a symmetric shape with respect to a longitudinal direction axis in a state of the bracket being attached to the vehicle body.

Claims

1. A vehicle bracket long in one direction comprising:

a base portion;

an attachment portion configured to be integrally formed with the base portion and to be attached to a vehicle component; and

a rotation stopper portion configured to be integrally formed with the base portion and to prevent the bracket from being rotated with respect to a vehicle body,

wherein upper and lower sides of the bracket have a symmetric shape with respect to a longitudinal direction axis in a state of the bracket being attached to the vehicle body.

2. The vehicle bracket according to claim 1, wherein the attachment portions are formed at both ends of the one direction of the bracket, respectively, and a hole of a same shape is formed in each of the attachment portions.

3. The vehicle bracket according to claim 1 further comprising a sub-attachment portion configured to be attached to a sub-component arranged integrally with the vehicle component.

4. The vehicle bracket according to claim 2 further comprising a sub-attachment portion configured to be attached to a sub-component arranged integrally with the vehicle component.

5. The vehicle bracket according to claim 3, wherein the attachment portion, the sub-attachment portion, and the rotation stopper portion are disposed in line with a longitudinal direction.

6. The vehicle bracket according to claim 4, wherein the attachment portions, the sub-attachment portion, and the rotation stopper portion are disposed in line with a longitudinal direction.

7. The vehicle bracket according to claim 3, wherein an airbag device is attached to the vehicle body through the bracket, and wherein the vehicle component is a cover body configured to accommodate an airbag as the sub-component.

8. The vehicle bracket according to claim 4, wherein an airbag device is attached to the vehicle body through the bracket, and wherein the vehicle component is a cover body configured to accommodate an airbag as the sub-component.