# US 10,245,932 B1 · Vehicle front structure and vehicle bracket > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,932 B1 - Document ID: US10245932B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/126,074 - Filed: 2018-09-10 - Published: 2019-03-21 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-19 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Eiji Suzuki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245932B1 ## CPC - B60K 1/00: Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) - B62D 21/02: comprising longitudinally or transversely arranged frame members - B62D 21/152: {Front or rear frames} - B62D 25/08: Front or rear portions {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11)} - H02K 5/26: Means for adjusting casings relative to their supports - B60K 2001/001: {one motor mounted on a propulsion axle for rotating right and left wheels of this axle} - B60Y 2306/01: Reducing damages in case of crash, e.g. by improving battery protection - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ## Abstract The bracket includes a front fastening portion, a rear fastening portion, and a connecting portion which connects the two of them. The front fastening portion and the rear fastening portion are brought into contact with the upper surface of the Fr side member and protrude inward in the vehicle width direction from the upper surface of the Fr side member to come into contact with the upper surface of the MGCpm cross member. Further, the front fastening portion and the rear fastening portion are provided so as to be arranged in pairs in the front-rear direction across the bending and buckling starting point of the Fr side member. The connecting portion is formed in an angular groove shape having a front wall portion, a rear wall portion, and a side wall portion and recessed in the vehicle width direction in a cross-section in a plan view. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle front structure comprising: a pair of Fr side members extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a support frame provided between the pair of Fr side members and equipped with a rotary electric machine as a driving source; and a bracket which fixes the support frame to the pair of Fr side members, wherein a bending and buckling starting point in a vehicle width direction is formed in the Fr side member, the bracket is provided with a fastening portion which comes into contact with an upper surface of the Fr side member, protrudes inward in the vehicle width direction from the upper surface of the Fr side member, and comes into contact with the upper surface of the support frame so as to be disposed in a pair in a front-rear direction across a buckling starting point of the Fr side member, the bracket includes a connecting portion having an angular groove shape recessed in the vehicle width direction in a cross-section in a plan view, the connecting portion including a front wall portion connected to a front fastening portion among the pair of fastening portions and extending in a height direction, a rear wall portion connected to a rear fastening portion among the pair of fastening portions and extending in the height direction, and a side wall portion which connects the front wall portion and the rear wall portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle front structure according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion extends in the height direction along a shape of an inner wall surface of a fender apron and a closed cross-section structure is formed with by the fender apron, the front wall portion, the side wall portion, and the rear wall portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle front structure according to claim 1, wherein the support frame includes a front arm fastened to a front fastening portion among the pair of fastening portions, a rear arm fastened to a rear fastening portion among the pair of fastening portions, and a connecting arm which connects the front arm and the rear arm, wherein the connecting arm is provided so as to be spaced apart inward in the vehicle width direction from the bracket. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The vehicle front structure according to claim 2, wherein the support frame includes a front arm fastened to a front fastening portion among the pair of fastening portions, a rear arm fastened to a rear fastening portion among the pair of fastening portions, and a connecting arm which connects the front arm and the rear arm, wherein the connecting arm is provided so as to be spaced apart inward in the vehicle width direction from the bracket. ### Claim 5 A vehicle bracket in which a support frame provided between a pair of Fr side members and equipped with a rotary electrical machine serving as a driving source is fixed to the pair of Fr side members extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, a bending and buckling starting point in a vehicle width direction being formed in the Fr side member, the vehicle bracket comprising: a fastening portion which is brought into contact with an upper surface of the Fr side member, protrudes inward in the vehicle width direction from the upper surface of the Fr side member, comes into contact with the upper surface of the support frame, and is disposed in a pair in a front-rear direction across the bending and buckling starting point of the Fr side member; and a connecting portion having an angular groove shape recessed in the vehicle width direction in a cross-section in a plan view which includes a front wall portion connected to a front fastening portion among the pair of fastening portions and extending in a height direction, a rear wall portion connected to a rear fastening portion among the pair of fastening portions and extending in the height direction, and a side wall portion which connects the front wall portion and the rear wall portion.