Vehicle bracket

• US 7,905,511 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2008
• Issued: 03/15/2011
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Culbreth; Eric
• Assistant Examiner(s): Beck; Karen A
• Application Number:
  US12/244,161
• Publication Number:
  US 20090091102A1
• Time in Patent Office: 894 Days
• Field of Search: 280/728.2, 280/730.2
• 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;

first and second attachment portions configured to be integrally formed with the base portion for attachment to a vehicle component, the first and second attachment portions being located at opposing longitudinal ends of the bracket, wherein the first and second attachment portions each include a hole that is elongated or obround; 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 a center of the hole of the first attachment portion and a center of the hole of the second attachment portion cooperate to define a longitudinal direction axis, and wherein the base portion, the first and second attachment portions, and the rotation stopper portion each have a symmetric shape with respect to the longitudinal direction axis in a state of the bracket being attached to the vehicle body.

2. A vehicle bracket long in one direction, comprising:

a base portion;

first and second attachment portions configured to be integrally formed with the base portion for attachment to a vehicle component, the first and second attachment portions being located at opposing longitudinal ends of the bracket, wherein the first and second attachment portions each include a hole that is elongated or obround;

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; and

a sub-attachment portion configured to be attached to a sub-component arranged integrally with the vehicle component,

wherein a center of the hole of the first attachment portion and a center of the hole of the second attachment portion cooperate to define a longitudinal direction axis, and wherein the base portion, the first and second attachment portions, and the rotation stopper portion each have a symmetric shape with respect to the longitudinal direction axis in a state of the bracket being attached to the vehicle body.

4. The vehicle bracket according to claim 2, 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.

3. A vehicle bracket long in one direction, comprising:

a base portion;

first and second attachment portions configured to be integrally formed with the base portion for attachment to a vehicle component, the first and second attachment portions being located at opposing longitudinal ends of the bracket, wherein the first and second attachment portions each include a hole that is elongated or obround;

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; and

a sub-attachment portion configured to be attached to a sub-component arranged integrally with the vehicle component,

wherein a center of the hole of the first attachment portion and a center of the hole of the second attachment portion cooperate to define a longitudinal direction axis, and wherein the base portion, the first and second attachment portions, and the rotation stopper portion each have a symmetric shape with respect to the longitudinal direction axis in a state of the bracket being attached to the vehicle body, and

wherein the attachment portions, the sub-attachment portion, and the rotation stopper portion are disposed in line with a longitudinal direction.