Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Naoaki Yamamoto

Hiroto Shoji

Takaharu Echigo

Katsuhiro Shibata

Yusuke Toyoda

Satoshi Matsuura

Takahiro Mizukami

Takashi Kuroiwa

Masashi Hara

Katsumi Iwasa

Hiroki Takano

Ryuji Furusawa

Takafumi Maruyama

Hideaki Kobayashi

Tsuyoshi Haruhara

A support structure for a vehicle is interposed between a vehicle body and a vehicle part and is connected with fastening members to support the vehicle part. The support structure is made of a non-ferrous light alloy. Among connecting surfaces of the support structure to which the vehicle body and the vehicle part are connected, an electrochemical corrosion inhibitor is applied to a connecting surface that is located on a lower side, in a vertical direction of the vehicle, of one of the vehicle body and the vehicle part. The one of the vehicle body and the vehicle part corresponds to the applied connecting surface.

Support structure for vehicle

A brake drum has its strength elevated in its disk portion. The brake drum is formed from a composition having ceramics dispersed in a matrix. The disk portion has a high ceramic content and thereby a high strength. The brake drum has a disk portion and a cylindrical portion. The disk portion has a first ceramic content by volume and the cylindrical portion has a second ceramic content by volume that is less than the first ceramic content by volume as a result of the application of a higher compression ratio to the disk portion.

Brake drum and process for manufacturing the same

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Ueda, Japan

Naoaki Yamamoto