Vehicle support structure and method of manufacturing vehicle support structure
AssigneesHitachi Astemo, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYutaro Yamazaki, Yasuhiro Maruyama, Kazuhiro Terada, Takafumi Kobayashi, Tao Tan
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Abstract
Provided is a suspension arm manufactured by casting. The suspension arm includes a processing reference hole formed in the casting. The processing reference hole is formed to be elongated in a direction of bending of the suspension arm that occurs in a shaping step. A recess is formed which has one end thereof communicating with the processing reference hole and another end thereof being open to an outer side.
Claims6
A vehicle support structure manufactured by casting, the vehicle support structure comprising a processing reference hole formed in the casting, wherein
- the processing reference hole is formed to be elongated in a direction of bending of the vehicle support structure that occurs in a shaping step, and
- a recess is formed which has one end thereof communicating with the processing reference hole and another end thereof being open to an outer side.
A method of manufacturing a vehicle support structure to be manufactured by casting, the method comprising shaping a processing reference hole and a recess in the vehicle support structure in the casting, the processing reference hole being elongated in a direction of bending of the vehicle support structure that occurs in a shaping step, the recess having one end thereof communicating with the processing reference hole and another end thereof being open to an outer side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.