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Granted Patent B2
US 9,067,627 · App. 14/071,082 · Granted Jun 30, 2015

Vehicle body front part structure

Inventor: Yasuhiro Hara (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D21/152B62D21/11
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Patent No.
US 9,067,627
App. No.
14/071,082
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body front part structure includes: a lower arm that supports a front wheel; a first transverse member that is connected to a supporting part on a rear side of the lower arm in a vehicle body; a second transverse member that connects between parts on a front end side of a rocker, the rocker is disposed in a rear of the wheel; and a connecting structure that integrally connects between the first transverse member and the second transverse member.

Claims (26)

1. A vehicle body front part structure comprising:

a lower arm supporting a front wheel;

a pair of right and left front-and-rear frame members extending along the vehicle forward and backward directions and arranged on inner sides in a vehicle width direction with respect to a rocker, the pair of right and left front-and-rear frame members being parallel with respect to each other in the vehicle width direction;

a first transverse member connected to a supporting part on a rear side of the lower arm in a vehicle body;

a second transverse member connected to a part on a front end side of the rocker, the second transverse member including:

a midsection transverse member connected between the pair of right and left front-and-rear frame members, and

a pair of end side transverse members that respectively connect between the pair of right and left front-and-rear frame members and the front end side of the rocker; and

a connecting structure integrally connected between the first transverse member and the second transverse member, wherein

the second transverse member is disposed at a rear of the first transverse member, and

the rocker is disposed at a rear of the front wheel.

2. The vehicle body front part structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a suspension member supporting the lower arm so as to be capable of angular displacement about an axis along the vehicle forward and backward directions, wherein

the first transverse member connects to the supporting part on rear sides of the lower arm of the suspension member.

3. The vehicle body front part structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a brace integrally formed and including:

a front crossing part connected to the supporting part on the rear side of the lower arm, and

a rear crossing part connecting between the pair of right and left front-and-rear frame members in the backwards direction of the vehicle with respect to the front crossing part, wherein

the first transverse member is formed to be the front crossing part, and the midsection transverse member of the second transverse member is formed to be the rear crossing part.

4. The vehicle body front part structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second transverse member is constructed with one member that is connected on the front end of the rocker.

5. The vehicle body front part structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first transverse member reinforces the supporting part on the rear side of the lower arm in the suspension member with a reinforcement structure and connects a reinforced part with the reinforcement structure to the second transverse member through the connecting structure.

6. A vehicle body front part structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the lower arm is a pair of right and left lower arms;

the rocker is a pair of right and left rockers;

the first transverse member connects between each supporting part on a rear side of the pair of right and left lower arms; and

the second transverse member connects between each part on a front end of each of the pair of right and left rockers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2013
From: HARA, YASUHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 031617/0918 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-245514 · Nov 7, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140125030A1 · May 8, 2014