Vehicle structure

• US 8,794,646 B1
• Filed: 01/16/2014
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Onishi, Koji, Honsho, Tomoyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): TO, TOAN C
• Application Number:
  US14/157,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20140203543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 201 Days
• Field of Search: 280/784, 280/124.109, 296/193.09, 296/203.01, 296/203.02, 296/203.03, 296/204
• US Class Current: 280/124.109
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2204/15 Mounting of subframes
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2204/41 Elastic mounts, e.g. bushings
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2206/0114 Independent suspensions on subframes
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2206/60 Subframe construction
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 7/02 Attaching arms to sprung part of vehicle B60G7/006 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 21/155 Sub-frames or underguards

Abstract

A vehicle structure includes: a suspension member for supporting a suspension mechanism of a vehicle; a rear-portion support member (inner members, a dash panel) provided above a rear portion of the suspension member and supporting the suspension member; a fastening member for fastening the rear portion of the suspension member to the rear-portion support member; and a latching member provided in the fastening member and latching thereto the rear portion of the suspension member to be displaced in a vehicle lower direction due to an impact load toward a vehicle rearward direction, so as to transmit, to the fastening member, a load toward the vehicle lower direction.

Claims

1. A vehicle structure comprising:

a suspension member for supporting a suspension mechanism of a vehicle;

a rear-portion support member provided above a rear portion of the suspension member and supporting the suspension member;

a fastening member for fastening the rear portion of the suspension member to the rear-portion support member; and

a latching member provided in the fastening member and latching thereto the rear portion of the suspension member to be displaced in a vehicle lower direction due to an impact load toward a vehicle rearward direction, so as to transmit, to the fastening member, a load toward the vehicle lower direction.

2. The vehicle structure according to claim 1, wherein:

the latching member is provided on a bottom side of the suspension member so as to extend closer to a vehicle front direction than a lower end portion of the fastening member.

3. The vehicle structure according to claim 2, wherein:

an end portion of the latching member in the vehicle front direction is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes toward the bottom side of the suspension member.

4. The vehicle structure according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reinforcing member provided so as to be close to or make contact with a rearward of the rear portion of the suspension member.

5. The vehicle structure according to claim 1, wherein:

the rear-portion support member is constituted by inner members and a dash panel.