Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd.

Masatoshi Tanabe

Yukinori Fujimoto

Kazuhiro Koga

Hirotaka Niinomi

Keiichiro Masui

Daisuke Setoguchi

Yuusuke Asai

A side bracket includes at least one body fastening portion to be fastened to a body of a vehicle, an inner fastening portion, an outer fastening portion, an inner joining part, and an outer joining part. The inner joining part is provided in a rim surrounding a through hole in the inner fastening portion, and in a position closer to a central side in a vehicle-width direction than at least one body fastening portion, the inner joining part is joined to an outer circumferential surface of the steering member penetrating the through hole. The outer joining part is provided in the outer fastening portion, and in a position closer to an end side in the vehicle-width direction than at least one body fastening portion, the outer joining part is joined to a front portion of the outer circumferential surface of the steering member.

Side bracket

A nut is caulked and fixed to a plate material and a protrusion at an end of a collar is press-fitted into a recessed groove generated on the opposite surface of the plate material at the time of the caulking fixation, thereby fixing the nut and the collar to both surfaces of the plate material, respectively. The plate material is, for example, a metal panel, and the nut is, for example, a pierce nut. Since the collar is caulked and fixed, thermal strain is not generated.

Method for attaching nut and collar to plate material and attachment structure of nut and collar to plate material

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Aichi, Japan

Masatoshi Tanabe