IP Library Granted Patent US 11,014,458
Granted Patent B2
US 11,014,458 · App. 16/456,144 · Granted May 25, 2021

Die-cast aluminum bracket

Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshikawa (Miyoshi, JP); Akira Watanabe (Nagoya, JP); Ryo Kawauchi (Nisshin, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60L50/71B21D53/88
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Patent No.
US 11,014,458
App. No.
16/456,144
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A die-cast aluminum bracket for a vehicle is provided between a mounted object and a vehicle structure. The die-cast aluminum bracket includes: a first attachment section configured to be coupled to the mounted object; and a second attachment section configured to be coupled to the vehicle structure, wherein a first surface, which faces the mounted object at the time when the mounted object is coupled, in the first attachment section has a chill layer removed section in which an internal layer of the bracket is exposed, and a second surface of the first attachment section has a chill layer, the second surface being on an opposite side of the first attachment section from the first surface.

Claims (13)

1. A die-cast aluminum bracket for a vehicle provided between a mounted object and a vehicle structure, the die-cast aluminum bracket comprising:

a first attachment section configured to be coupled to the mounted object; and

a second attachment section configured to be coupled to the vehicle structure, wherein

a first surface, which faces the mounted object at the time when the mounted object is coupled, in the first attachment section has a chill layer removed section in which an internal layer of the bracket is exposed, and

a second surface of the first attachment section has a chill layer, the second surface being on an opposite side of the first attachment section from the first surface;

wherein the chill layer is an external surface of the die-cast aluminum bracket formed by a mold, and the chill layer removed section is a portion of the die-cast aluminum bracket with an external surface of the chill layer removed to expose an inner layer of the bracket.

2. The die-cast aluminum bracket according to claim 1 , wherein

the first surface has an area of the chill layer; and an area of the chill layer on the second surface is larger than the area of the chill layer on the first surface.

3. The die-cast aluminum bracket according to claim 1 , wherein

the first surface has an area of the chill layer; and when the first surface and the second surface are seen in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, an area of the chill layer on the second surface is larger than the area of the chill layer on the first surface.

4. The die-cast aluminum bracket according to claim 1 , wherein

an attachment hole is provided in the first attachment section, the attachment hole being configured to be fitted with a bolt coupling the mounted object and the first surface, and

the chill layer removed section surrounds an outer circumference of the attachment hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2019
From: YOSHIKAWA, SHIGETAKA; WATANABE, AKIRA; KAWAUCHI, RYO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; CHUO MALLEABLE IRON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049635/0893 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-129678 · Jul 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200009971A1 · Jan 9, 2020
Cited By (1)
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