Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Shuichi Ono

Tsutomu Ogawa

Kunihiko Kimura

Yasunori Oku

Fumiaki Fukuchi

Eiji Yamada

Shuji Otake

Hideki Koga

A front subframeis formed of an aluminum alloy into a frame that is formed substantially into a shape of parallel crosses or into a rectangular shape and is made up of left and right front joint portionsand left and right rear joint portionswhich are disposed at corners of the frame that is formed substantially into the shape of parallel crosses or the rectangular shape, and left and right longitudinal membersand front and rear cross memberswhich connect the joint portionstogether. The left and right front joint portionsand the left and right rear joint portionsare formed of an aluminum alloy die-cast product, whereas the left and right longitudinal membersare formed of an aluminum alloy wrought product. In addition, connecting locations. . . of a camber angle adjusting mechanismare formed of an aluminum alloy die-cast product. Additionally, a rear cross member compoundis formed of an aluminum alloy die-cast product.

Body frame structure

An engine mount system includes multiple liquid-filled engine mounts switchable to provide different mount characteristics by selectively introducing negative pressure or atmospheric pressure. On one of pipelines connected to the respective engine mounts for introducing the negative or atmospheric pressure into the respective engine mounts, a check valve and an orifice portion are provided in parallel. The orifice portion restricts an amount of air flowing therethrough, so that the mount characteristic of the engine mount connected to the one pipeline equipped with the check valve and the orifice portion does not undergo an abrupt change when the pressure introduced in the engine mount is switched from the negative pressure to the atmospheric pressure.

Engine mount system

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Saitama, Japan

Shuichi Ono