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US 12,246,771 · App. 18/490,156 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Vehicle rear component

Inventors: Taisuke Satoi (Okazaki, JP); Yuta Egawa (Okazaki, JP); Koh Hirokawa (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D21/11B60K17/04B62D25/04B62D25/025
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Patent No.
US 12,246,771
App. No.
18/490,156
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The rear component is an integrally cast hollow member, and is composed of a main body, a tower, and a suspension member. Arm brackets to which the arms of the suspension device are connected are attached to the outer surfaces of the main body and the suspension in the vehicle width direction. The body portion includes a first connecting member that connects the right side plate and the left side plate in the vehicle width direction at a position where the arm bracket is provided.

Claims (12)

1. A vehicle rear component to be connected to a rear end of a rocker and a rear pillar and to extend rearward of a vehicle, wherein:

the vehicle rear component is an integrally cast hollow member including a body, a tower, and a suspension member;

the body has a closed section at least in part, extends in a vehicle front-rear direction, and connects the rear pillar and a rear member at a rear of the vehicle;

the tower is connected to an upper side of the body and has a space for housing a part of a suspension device;

the suspension member has a closed section at least in part, extends in the vehicle front-rear direction on a lower side of the body, and includes a front end connected to the rocker and the rear pillar;

arm brackets for connecting arms of the suspension device are provided on vehicle width direction outer surfaces of the body and the suspension member; and

the body includes a first connecting member that connects a vehicle width direction outer plate and a vehicle width direction inner plate in a vehicle width direction at a position where the arm bracket is provided.

2. The vehicle rear component according to claim 1 , wherein the first connecting member is cast integrally with the body, the tower, and the suspension member.

3. The vehicle rear component according to claim 1 , wherein:

transaxle mount brackets for connecting a transaxle are provided on vehicle width direction inner surfaces of the body and the suspension member; and

the body and the suspension member include second connecting members that connect the vehicle width direction outer plate and the vehicle width direction inner plate in the vehicle width direction at positions where the transaxle mount brackets are provided.

4. The vehicle rear component according to claim 3 , wherein the second connecting members are cast integrally with the body, the tower, and the suspension member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2023
From: SATOI, TAISUKE; EGAWA, YUTA; HIROKAWA, KOH
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-207978 · Dec 26, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240208572A1 · Jun 27, 2024
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