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US 10,118,643 · App. 15/761,176 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Front sub-frame structure

Inventors: Katsuyuki Komiya (Hiroshima, JP); Masaaki Tanaka (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
B62D21/11B60K5/12B62D21/06B62D25/085
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Patent No.
US 10,118,643
App. No.
15/761,176
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

To reinforce a front sub-frame in such a manner that the front sub-frame having a trapezoidal shape formed by a cross member and left and right side members extending to one side is not deformed to a rhombus shape at the one side, a front sub-frame structure includes: a rear cross member ( 74 ) coupling arm supporting parts ( 71, 71 ) supported on left and right side members ( 6, 6 ); tilt members ( 75 ) coupling left and right intermediate portions of the rear cross member ( 74 ) to rear vehicle attachment parts (M 3 ) of the side members ( 6 ); a brace ( 80 ) coupling the left and right arm supporting parts ( 71, 71 ) to the rear vehicle attachment parts (M 3 ); and intermediate coupling parts ( 91 ) coupling the brace ( 80 ) to intermediate portions of the tilt members ( 75 ).

Claims (7)

1. An automobile front sub-frame structure including a pair of left and right front side frames extending from a cabin front face toward a vehicle front, and a front sub-frame disposed below the front side frame and supporting a front suspension device, the front sub-frame structure comprising:

a cross member coupling arm supporting parts supported by the left and right side members of the front sub-frame;

tilt members coupling laterally separated left and right intermediate portions of the cross member to longitudinally one-side vehicle attachment parts of the side members, the longitudinally one-side vehicle attachment parts being disposed at one longitudinal side of the side members;

a brace coupling the left and right arm supporting parts to the longitudinally one-side vehicle attachment parts diagonally disposed to the arm supporting parts; and

intermediate coupling parts coupling the brace to intermediate portions of the tilt members.

2. The front sub-frame structure of claim 1 , wherein the cross member, the tilt members, and the side members are coupled to each other by engine mount brackets.

3. The front sub-frame structure of claim 1 , wherein the brace includes brace members disposed at left and right portions of the brace and at the one longitudinal side of the brace.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2018
From: KOMIYA, KATSUYUKI; TANAKA, MASAAKI
To: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-221131 · Nov 11, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180257710A1 · Sep 13, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 12,280,826