Vehicle frame member
AssigneesAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Keikinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKohei Hodoya, Kiyoichi Kita, Jun Shobo
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Abstract
A vehicle frame member includes a first wall portion formed into a band plate shape extending in a predetermined direction, a second wall portion and a third wall portion formed into a band plate shape extending in the predetermined direction, the second wall portion and the third wall portion extending in a first direction and in a second direction, respectively, from opposite ends of the first wall portion in a width direction of the first wall portion. Respective recessed groove portions extending in the predetermined direction are formed on respective outer surfaces of the second wall portion and the third wall portion.
Claims5
A vehicle frame member comprising:
- a first wall portion formed into a band plate shape extending in a predetermined direction;
- a second wall portion formed into a band plate shape extending in the predetermined direction, the second wall portion extending in a first direction from one end of the first wall portion in a width direction of the first wall portion;
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- a third wall portion formed into a band plate shape extending in the predetermined direction, the third wall portion extending in a second direction from the other end of the first wall portion in the width direction of the first wall portion, wherein:
- a first recessed groove portion extending in the predetermined direction is formed on an outer surface of the second wall portion,
- a second recessed groove portion extending in the predetermined direction is formed on an outer surface of the third wall portion, and
- the vehicle frame member further comprises
- a fourth wall portion formed into a band plate shape extending in the predetermined direction, the fourth wall portion extending toward the third wall portion from an end of the second wall portion in a width direction of the second wall portion, the end of the second wall portion being on an opposite side to the first wall portion;
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- a fifth wall portion formed into a band plate shape extending in the predetermined direction, the fifth wall portion extending toward the second wall portion from an end of the third wall portion in a width direction of the third wall portion, the end of the third wall portion being on the opposite side to the first wall portion, wherein:
- an end of the fourth wall portion in a width direction of the fourth wall portion, the end being on an opposite side to the second wall portion, is turned around toward the first wall portion, and
- an end of the fifth wall portion in a width direction of the fifth wall portion, the end being on an opposite side to the third wall portion, is turned around toward the first wall portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.