IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,305,629
Granted Patent B2
US 11,305,629 · App. 16/440,006 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

Vehicle

Inventor: Wataru Kato (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
B60K3/04B60K13/04B62D21/00B62D21/157F01N13/16
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Patent No.
US 11,305,629
App. No.
16/440,006
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes a turbine engine. The turbine engine is mounted on a frame member on a front side of the vehicle and has a turbine engine body and an exhaust pipe coupled to a rear side of the turbine engine body in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. A fragile part configured to be crushed more easily than another part of the exhaust pipe is formed in the exhaust pipe on the turbine engine body side.

Claims (42)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a turbine engine,

wherein the turbine engine is mounted on a frame member on a front side of the vehicle and has a turbine engine body and an exhaust pipe coupled to a rear side of the turbine engine body in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and

wherein a fragile part configured to be crushed more easily than another part of the exhaust pipe is formed in the exhaust pipe on a turbine engine body side.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fragile part is positioned in front of a toe board defining a cabin.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fragile part is configured to be crushed in the front-rear direction of the vehicle due to a collision load at the time of a collision of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle according to claim 2 ,

wherein the fragile part is configured to be crushed in the front-rear direction of the vehicle due to a collision load at the time of a collision of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fragile part has a bellows shape.

6. The vehicle according to claim 2 ,

wherein the fragile part has a bellows shape.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a protection mechanism configured to prevent the turbine engine from receiving the collision load at the time of the collision of the vehicle.

8. The vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a protection mechanism configured to prevent the turbine engine from receiving the collision load at the time of the collision of the vehicle.

9. The vehicle according to claim 7 ,

wherein the protection mechanism comprises an extension member coupled to the turbine engine and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle further forward than a front end of the turbine engine in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

10. The vehicle according to claim 8 ,

wherein the protection mechanism comprises an extension member coupled to the turbine engine and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle further forward than a front end of the turbine engine in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

11. The vehicle according to claim 7 ,

wherein the protection mechanism comprises a reinforcement member that reinforces the frame member or another frame member coupled to the frame member.

12. The vehicle according to claim 9 ,

wherein the protection mechanism comprises a reinforcement member that reinforces the frame member or another frame member coupled to the frame member.

13. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a mounting mechanism by which the turbine engine is mounted on the frame member such a manner that the turbine engine can be moved with respect to the frame member in the front-rear direction of the vehicle at the time of a collision of the vehicle.

14. The vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a mounting mechanism by which the turbine engine is mounted on the frame member such a manner that the turbine engine can be moved with respect to the frame member in the front-rear direction of the vehicle at the time of a collision of the vehicle.

15. The vehicle according to claim 13 ,

wherein the mounting mechanism is configured to regulate movement of the turbine engine with respect to the frame member in a vertical direction of the vehicle and a left-right direction of the vehicle at the time of the collision of the vehicle.

16. The vehicle according to claim 14 ,

wherein the mounting mechanism is configured to regulate movement of the turbine engine with respect to the frame member in a vertical direction of the vehicle and a left-right direction of the vehicle at the time of the collision of the vehicle.

17. The vehicle according to claim 13 ,

wherein the mounting mechanism comprises a mounting member coupled to the turbine engine,

wherein a screw insertion hole is formed in the mounting member in such a manner that the screw insertion hole penetrates the mounting member in a vertical direction of the in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and

wherein the mounting member is fastened with the frame member by a bolt inserted into the screw insertion hole.

18. The vehicle according to claim 15 ,

wherein the mounting mechanism comprises a mounting member coupled to the turbine engine,

wherein a screw insertion hole is formed in the mounting member in such a manner that the screw insertion hole penetrates the mounting member in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and

wherein the mounting member is fastened with the frame member by a bolt inserted into the screw insertion hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2019
From: KATO, WATARU
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049458/0566 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-182404 · Sep 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200101829A1 · Apr 2, 2020