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Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;

Inventor:

Kazuki Shimizu, Kariya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B23K 9/00 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B23K 9/00 (2013.01); B62D 29/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a vehicle frame structure including (1) a first frame member that has a closed cross-sectional shape as seen in a cross-sectional view orthogonal to an extension direction and (2) a second frame member that extends along the first frame member, overlaps a wall surface of the first frame member, and has a hole portion that exposes the wall surface, with an edge portion of the hole portion being joined to the wall surface by a linear welded portion, wherein both end portions of the welded portion are disposed in close proximity to a neutral axis of the first frame member and the second frame member in a case in which the first frame member and the second frame member have undergone bending deformation in an in-plane direction of the wall surface in which the welded portion is formed.


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