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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1997

Filed:

Feb. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:

Yuichi Kitagawa, Zushi, JP;

Assignee:

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296204 ; 296194 ; 280784 ;
Abstract

In the structure of a vehicle, torque boxes are provided for coupling extension sideframes and sidesills on right and left sides in the front of the vehicle cabin. The rear end portions of the suspension member are coupled to rear coupling portions provided in the torque boxes, and coupling points for coupling thereat with the suspension member of the rear coupling portions are provided outside in a widthwise direction of the vehicle relative to the center of a section of the extension sideframes, and inside in the car width direction than the center of a section of the sidesills. With this structure, a load to the rearward of the vehicle of the suspension member at the time of a front-end collision and a front-end offset collision of the vehicle can be efficiently dissipated and transmitted to the extension sideframe and the sidesill via the torque box, and any retreat of the suspension member can be suppressed with a light and simple structure.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kitagawa, Yuichi. (1997). Structural member of vehicle body (U.S. Patent No. 5685599). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5685599

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