Subframe for vehicle
AssigneeF-Tech Inc.
InventorMasamitsu Innami
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Abstract
In a vehicle subframe 1, a pair of arm support portions S1 and S2 includes an end portion on an outer side of a wall portion 16 in a width direction on a forward side of an upper front cross member 12 in a forward-rearward direction, and wall portions 66 and 86 of a pair of mounting members 60 and 80 on the forward side. Between the pair of arm support portions S1 and S2 in the width direction, the upper front cross member 12 and a lower cross member 32 cooperate with each other to have a closed vertical cross-section that is continuous in the width direction in cross-section taken along a plane parallel to a plane defined by the forward-rearward direction and an upward-downward direction.
Claims5
A vehicle subframe to be attached to a vehicle body, the vehicle subframe comprising:
- a cross member formed from a plate member, and extending in a width direction of the vehicle body while connecting a pair of arm support portions, the pair of arm support portions being located opposite to each other in a width direction of the vehicle body to support a pair of suspension arms correspondingly;
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- a pair of mounting members disposed opposite to each other in the width direction, each of which is formed from a plate member and extends toward an outer side in the width direction while protruding toward an upward side in an upward-downward direction of the vehicle body, the pair of mounting members being provided with a pair of vehicle-body mounting portions correspondingly,
- wherein the cross member includes an upper front cross member and an upper rear cross member disposed on a rearward side relative to the upper front cross member in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle body, and a lower cross member disposed on a downward side relative to the upper front cross member and the upper rear cross member in the upward-downward direction, the lower cross member being joined to the upper front cross member and the upper rear cross member,
- the pair of arm support portions includes an end portion on an outer side of a wall portion in the width direction on a forward side of the upper front cross member in the forward-rearward direction, and wall portions of the pair of mounting members on the forward side, and
- between the pair of arm support portions in the width direction, the upper front cross member and the lower cross member cooperate with each other to have a closed vertical cross-section that is continuous in the width direction in cross-section taken along a plane parallel to a plane defined by the forward-rearward direction and the upward-downward direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.