Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd.

Sango Co., Ltd.

Nobutaka Yamazaki

Masaya Takeuchi

Hirotoshi Tanaka

A support structure for an exhaust system part that configures an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine for a vehicle includes a bracket and a support member. The bracket includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate has both end portions attached to the second plate, and the second plate has both end portions attached to the exhaust system part. A first space is defined between the first plate and the second plate, and a second space is defined between the second plate and the exhaust system part. Each of the first space and the second space has a first open end disposed on the vehicle front side, and has a second open end disposed on the vehicle rear side. The first plate, the first space, the second plate, and the second space are disposed between the support member and the exhaust system part.

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Toyota, Japan

Nobutaka Yamazaki