Vehicle rear component
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTaisuke Satoi, Yuta Egawa
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Abstract
The rear component is an integrally cast hollow member, a main body portion, a tower portion, a suspension member portion, and a front end block, the front end block is composed of a rear panel, a front panel, and a plate member, and is a closed cross-sectional member extending in the vehicle width direction, an end portion on the outside in the vehicle width direction is connected to the rear pillar and the rocker, a right side plate of the main body portion and a right side plate of the suspension member portion are connected to the rear panel, and a left side plate of the main body portion and a left side plate of the suspension member portion are connected to the front panel.
Claims4
A vehicle rear component,
- the vehicle rear component comprising:
- a body portion;
- a tower portion;
- a suspension member portion;
- and
- a front end block, wherein:
- the vehicle rear component is an integrally cast hollow member;
- the body portion:
- extends in a vehicle front-rear direction,
- is a closed section composed of an upper plate, a lower plate, a vehicle width direction outer plate, and a vehicle width direction inner plate, and
- includes a front end that is connected to the front end block;
- the tower portion:
- is connected above the body portion, and
- includes a space for accommodating a portion of a suspension device;
- the suspension member portion:
- extends in the vehicle front-rear direction below the body portion,
- is composed of an outer plate on an outer side in a vehicle width direction, an inner plate on an inner side in the vehicle width direction, and a bottom plate, the outer plate being connected to the vehicle width direction outer plate of the body portion, and the inner plate being connected to the vehicle width direction inner plate of the body portion, and
- includes a front end that is connected to the front end block;
- the front end block:
- is composed of a rear panel, a front panel, and a plate member, the plate member connecting the rear panel and the front panel in the vehicle front-rear direction,
- is a closed section member extending in the vehicle width direction, and
- includes an end portion on an outer side in the vehicle width direction, the end portion being connected to a rear pillar and a rocker;
- the vehicle width direction outer plate of the body portion and the outer plate of the suspension member portion are connected to the rear panel;
- and
- the vehicle width direction inner plate of the body portion and the inner plate of the suspension member portion are connected to the front panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.