IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,027,618
Granted Patent B2
US 11,027,618 · App. 16/682,424 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Vehicle

Inventor: Daisuke Kamikihara (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
B60L50/64B60K1/04B60L5/005B62D21/152B60K2001/0405
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,027,618
App. No.
16/682,424
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The vehicle is provided with a connecting member configured to connect an onboard device, a suspension member and a body frame. The connecting member includes a first fixture fixed to the suspension member, a second fixture located closer to the power storage device than the first fixture and fixed to the body frame, and a third fixture located between the first fixture and the second fixture and fixed to the onboard device. A section of the connecting member located between the first fixture and the second fixture is configured to bend downward when an external force is applied to the connecting member.

Claims (15)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a body frame;

a suspension member fixed to the body frame;

an onboard device fixed to the suspension member;

a fixing member configured to fix the onboard device to the suspension member;

a power storage device disposed at a position adjacent to the onboard device in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and

a connecting member disposed closer to the power storage device than the fixing member and configured to connect the onboard device, the suspension member and the body frame,

the connecting member including:

a first fixture fixed to the suspension member;

a second fixture located closer to the power storage device than the first fixture and fixed to the body frame; and

a third fixture located between the first fixture and the second fixture and fixed to the onboard device,

a section of the connecting member located between the first fixture and the second fixture being configured to bend downward when an external force is applied to the connecting member.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the second fixture includes a first fixture part and a second fixture part located closer to the power storage device than the first fixture part, and

in the connecting member, the rigidity of a section located between the first fixture part and the second fixture part is higher than the rigidity of a section located between the first fixture part and the first fixture.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2019
From: KAMIKIHARA, DAISUKE
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 050999/0420 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-218238 · Nov 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200156485A1 · May 21, 2020
Cited By (1)
US 12,403,770