Isuzu Motors Limited

Tatsuya Tomizawa

Kenji Fujimori

Hideyuki Takahashi

Hiroshi Ichikawa

Naoko Saji

A relay box protective structure, which protects a relay box from a tread surface stripped off when a tirebursts, and includes a fender, a relay box, a relay box cover, and a movement restricting component, is provided. The fenderis fixed to a frameof a vehicle body. The relay boxis arranged higher than and behind a lower endof the fender, and fixed to the vehicle body. The relay box coveris arranged higher than and behind the lower endof the fender, includes a bottomcovering a lower surface of the relay box, and is fixed to the vehicle body. The movement restricting componentis fixed to the framebehind a back endof the relay box cover, restricting movement of the relay box covertowards the vehicle front.

Relay box protective structure

A cab-side coveris fixed to a cab, and a chassis-side coveris fixed to a side member. A rear edge portionof a tilt stayis located between a front tireand the side memberwhile the cabis in a non-tilted state. The cab-side coverincludes a cab-side front cover portion, and the chassis-side coverincludes a chassis-side front cover portion. The cab-side front cover portionis located at the outer side, in the vehicle-width direction, of the tilt stayand extends further forward than the rear edge portionof the tilt staywhile the cabis in the non-tilted state. The chassis-side front cover portionis located at the inner side, in the vehicle-width direction, of the tilt stayand extends further forward and downward than the front lower edge of the cab-side front cover portionwhile the cabis in the non-tilted state.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tatsuya Tomizawa