IP Library Granted Patent US 12,722,707
Granted Patent B2
US 12,722,707 · App. 18/544,434 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Vehicle skeleton structure

Inventors: Shinya Nagashima (Kariya, JP); Toshiyuki Dobashi (Nagoya, JP); Nobuyuki Shinohara (Tajimi, JP); Mayumi Takazawa (Okazaki, JP); Reona Takagishi (Tajimi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D21/157B62D21/152B62D25/08B62D25/2027B62D25/2036B62D27/06
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Patent No.
US 12,722,707
App. No.
18/544,434
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle skeleton structure, including: a die-cast skeleton body formed integrally and including a floor part configuring a vehicle cabin floor portion and a side member disposed at both sides, in a vehicle width direction, of the floor part and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; and a severance origin point, the severance origin point being formed at the skeleton body, and the severance origin point configuring a starting point when at least a part of the side member is severed.

Claims (9)

1 . A vehicle skeleton structure, comprising:

a skeleton body including a floor part configuring a floor portion of a rear part of a vehicle cabin and side members respectively disposed at both sides, in a vehicle width direction, of the floor part and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction,

wherein the floor part and the side members are integrally formed by die casting,

wherein each side member is formed with a plurality of concave parts arranged in the vehicle front-rear direction, each of the plurality of concave parts being open in one direction, and

wherein each side member has a severance origin point at a bottom of one of the plurality of concave parts, the severance origin point including at least one of a cut-out part or a through hole.

2 . The vehicle skeleton structure of claim 1 , wherein:

the severance origin point of each side member is formed between the floor part and the one of the plurality of concave parts that is at a base end side of the side member.

3 . The vehicle skeleton structure of claim 2 , wherein a flange part extending from the side member toward an outer side in an axial direction is provided in a vicinity of the severance origin point.

4 . The vehicle skeleton structure of claim 3 , wherein an attachment hole is formed at the flange part, the attachment hole being configured to receive a bolt to be inserted therethrough.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2023
From: NAGASHIMA, SHINYA; DOBASHI, TOSHIYUKI; SHINOHARA, NOBUYUKI; TAKAZAWA, MAYUMI; TAKAGISHI, REONA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-023755 · Feb 17, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240278844A1 · Aug 22, 2024
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