Body mount bracket for vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTaku YAMAZAKI
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Abstract
A body mount bracket that is joined to a body mount fixed to a frame is provided at a bottom of a body. The body mount bracket has: a boss that is penetrated by a body fastening bolt of the body mount; and a longitudinal rib that extends from the boss in a longitudinal direction of the body mount bracket. The longitudinal rib is provided with a notch near the boss. When receiving a collision load, the body mount bracket is fractured at a position of the notch.
Claims2
A body mount bracket that is provided at a bottom of a body mounted on a frame and cooperates with a body mount on the frame to join the frame and the body, wherein
- the body mount bracket is an aluminum alloy cast, and a longitudinal direction thereof corresponds to a vehicle width direction, and
- the body mount bracket has:
- a boss that is provided at an outer end in the vehicle width direction and is penetrated by a body fastening bolt of the body mount;
- and
- a longitudinal rib that extends inward in the vehicle width direction from the boss and is provided with a notch near the boss.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.