Underrun protector mounting structure of vehicle

• US 7,950,705 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2006
• Issued: 05/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
• Original Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
• Inventors: Saitou, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): PAPE, JOSEPH
• Application Number:
  US12/160,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20100156122A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,665 Days
• Field of Search: 293/102, 293/118, 293/132, 293/133, 293/135, 293/155
• US Class Current: 293/102
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 19/56 Fittings damping bouncing force in truck collisions, e.g. bumpers; Arrangements on high-riding vehicles, e.g. lorries, for preventing vehicles or objects from running thereunder

Abstract

An underrun protector mounting structure includes: a chassis frame; a front underrun protector which is disposed at the front or rear of the chassis frame and extended in a lateral direction of the vehicle; a bracket 6 for fixing the front underrun protector to the chassis frame; and a support part interposed between the front underrun protector and the bracket. The support part has a first plate part disposed on the front underrun protector side and a second plate part disposed on the first plate part on the bracket 6 side. The first plate part is formed to be wider in the lateral direction of the vehicle than the second plate part 32. The first and second plate parts are stacked to form a leaf spring shape in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

Claims

1. An underrun protector mounting structure of a vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body frame;

an underrun protector which is disposed at any one of the front and rear of the vehicle body frame and extended in a lateral direction of the vehicle;

a bracket for fixing the underrun protector to the vehicle body frame; and

a support part interposed between the underrun protector and the bracket,

wherein the support part has a plurality of plate-like members, which are formed to be narrower in the lateral direction of the vehicle from one of the plurality of plate-like members disposed closest to the underrun protector toward another one of the plurality of plate-like members disposed closest to the bracket, and are stacked to form a leaf spring shape in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and

wherein at least one of the plurality of plate-like members comprises plate-like parts.

4. The underrun protector mounting structure of a vehicle, according to claim 1, wherein

at least one of the plurality of plate-like members comprises a front end edge extending in the lateral direction of the vehicle, and comprising a tapered end face which is exposed in the stacked state of the plurality of plate-like members and tapers toward the underrun protector.

5. The underrun protector mounting structure of a vehicle, according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of plate-like members includes a first plate-like member and a second plate-like member having an extended part extended toward the underrun protector, and

the extended part of the second plate-like member supports from below at least one of the first plate-like member and the underrun protector when the first plate-like member is attached to the underrun protector.

10. The underrun protector mounting structure of a vehicle, according to claim 4, wherein

the plurality of plate-like members includes a first plate-like member and a second plate-like member having an extended part extended toward the underrun protector, and

the extended part of the second plate-like member supports from below at least one of the first plate-like member and the underrun protector when the first plate-like member is attached to the underrun protector.

2. An underrun protector mounting structure of a vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body frame;

an underrun protector which is disposed at least at one of a front and a rear of the vehicle body frame and extends in a lateral direction of the vehicle;

a bracket for fixing the underrun protector to the vehicle body frame; and

a support part interposed between the underrun protector and the bracket, the support part comprising;

a plurality of plate-like members, which are formed to be narrower in the lateral direction of the vehicle from one of the plurality of plate-like members disposed closest to the underrun protector toward another one of the plurality of plate-like members disposed closest to the bracket and are stacked to form a leaf spring shape in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle,

wherein at least one of the plurality of plate-like members has upper and lower plate parts, which extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle facing each other, and

the underrun protector is disposed between the upper and lower plate parts.

3. The underrun protector mounting structure of a vehicle, according to claim 2, wherein

the upper plate part has a front end edge extended in the lateral direction of the vehicle on top of the underrun protector,

the lower plate part has a front end edge extended in the lateral direction of the vehicle below the underrun protector, and

at least one of the front end edges has an end portion extending away from the bracket in the lateral direction of the vehicle, the end portion being wider proximate to the bracket.

6. The underrun protector mounting structure of a vehicle, according to claim 2, wherein

at least one of the plurality of plate-like members comprises a front end edge extending in the lateral direction of the vehicle, and comprising a tapered face, which is exposed in the stacked state of the plurality of plate-like members and tapers toward the underrun protector.

7. The underrun protector mounting structure of a vehicle, according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the front end edges comprises a tapered end face, which is exposed in the stacked state of the plate-like members and tapers toward the underrun protector.

8. The underrun protector mounting structure of a vehicle, according to claim 2, wherein

the plurality of plate-like members includes a first plate-like member and a second plate-like member having an extended part extended toward the underrun protector, and

the extended part of the second plate-like member supports from below at least one of the first plate-like member and the underrun protector when the first plate-like member is attached to the underrun protector.

9. The underrun protector mounting structure of a vehicle, according to claim 3, wherein

the plurality of plate-like members includes a first plate-like member and a second plate-like member having an extended part extended toward the underrun protector, and

the extended part of the second plate-like member supports from below at least one of the first plate-like member and the underrun protector when the first plate-like member is attached to the underrun protector.