Vehicles Including An Engine Compartment Spacer Member
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorTyler E. Schnug
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a side support extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a drive unit spaced apart from the side support in a vehicle lateral direction, where the drive unit includes a crankshaft extending in the vehicle lateral direction, and a spacer member positioned between the side support and the drive unit in the vehicle lateral direction, where the spacer member coupled to one of the drive unit and the side support, and the spacer member is detached and spaced apart from the other of the drive unit and the side support, and where the spacer member is positioned rearward of the crankshaft in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a side support extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction;
- a drive unit spaced apart from the side support in a vehicle lateral direction, wherein the drive unit comprises a crankshaft extending in the vehicle lateral direction;
- and
- a spacer member positioned between the side support and the drive unit in the vehicle lateral direction, wherein the spacer member is coupled to one of the drive unit and the side support, and the spacer member is detached and spaced apart from the other of the drive unit and the side support, and wherein the spacer member is positioned rearward of the crankshaft in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
A vehicle comprising:
- a side support extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction;
- a suspension mount coupled to the side support at a position rearward of at least one of a crankshaft of the drive unit and a drive unit centerline in the vehicle longitudinal direction, the suspension mount extending inboard of the side support;
- a drive unit spaced apart from the side support in a vehicle lateral direction;
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- a spacer member positioned between the side support and the drive unit in the vehicle lateral direction, wherein the spacer member is coupled to one of the drive unit and the side support, and the spacer member is detached and spaced apart from the other of the drive unit and the side support, and wherein at least a portion of the spacer member is aligned with the suspension mount in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
A vehicle comprising:
- a side support extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction;
- a drive unit spaced apart from the side support in a vehicle lateral direction, wherein the drive unit comprises a drive unit centerline that extends through a center of mass of the drive unit in the vehicle lateral direction;
- and
- a spacer member positioned between the side support and the drive unit in the vehicle lateral direction, wherein the spacer member is coupled to one of the drive unit and the side support, and the spacer member is detached and spaced apart from the other of the drive unit and the side support, and wherein the spacer member is positioned rearward of the drive unit centerline in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.