Coupling member
AssigneeToyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd.
InventorShimpei CHIKADA
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Abstract
First and second cover sections 53 and 55 of a coupling member 51 are connected to each other at a branching section where a cowl side 11 and a lower member 19 are joined, by a concave portion 56 inserted into a groove section 23 which is the inner side portion of a branch. A concave portion 56 connects a side edge portion 53A on the side of the groove section 23 in the first cover section 53 and a side edge portion 55A on the side of the groove section 23 in the second cover section 55. A coupling member 51 closes an opening of the groove section 23 by the concave portion 56 which connects the first and second cover sections 53 and 55. Therefore, the coupling member 51 is able to fix the branching section more firmly which couples frame members of a vehicle to each other.
Claims5
A coupling member of vehicle frame for coupling a first member extending in the first direction to a second member extending in the second direction different from the first direction, comprising:
- a first cover section covering the first member;
- a second cover section covering the second member;
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- a concave portion connecting two side edge portions, that is, a first side edge portion and a second side edge portion, in a branching section coupling the first member to the second member,
- wherein the concave portion inserted in an inner portion of a branch sandwiched between the first and second members, the first side edge portion provided in the first cover section and provided at the position as being an inner side portion of the branch in the width direction of the first member, the second side edge portion provided in the second cover section and provided at the position as being an inner side portion of the branch in the width direction of the second member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.