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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Tsutomu Kakuta, Saitama, JP;
Yasuhiro Tsutsui, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhito Onoda, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Yoshida, Saitama, JP;
Koji Nagata, Saitama, JP;
Tsutomu Kakuta, Saitama, JP;
Yasuhiro Tsutsui, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhito Onoda, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Yoshida, Saitama, JP;
Koji Nagata, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A steering gearbox mounting structure having an intermediate bracket mounts a steering gearbox for steering wheels of a vehicle on a subframe of the vehicle. The intermediate bracket has a breakable portion which breaks when a force greater than a predetermined force is applied to the breakable portion to provide an impact absorbing stroke of an engine of the vehicle. The breakable portion may have a thin portion such as a plate or a recess portion and is more breakable in the traveling direction than the width direction. First and second intermediate brackets may be used which include first and second kinds of breakable portions that are breakable in different modes, respectively.