US 2026/0109414 A1Published application

Vehicle

AssigneeSubaru Corporation

InventorManabu WATANABE

Life of this patent

Estimating the term…

Loading patent…

Abstract

A vehicle includes a suspended spare-tire attachment mechanism including an attachment linear member and first and second linear members. The attachment linear member supports a spare tire from a vehicle body when the spare tire is in an attached state in which the spare tire is attached to the vehicle. The attachment linear member breaks in case of a rear collision of the vehicle. The first and second linear members support the spare tire from the vehicle body when the attachment linear member breaks and the spare tire falls. The second linear member is disposed behind the first linear member. The first and second linear members have lengths set such that, when the attachment linear member breaks, the spare tire moves downward and forward, and the first and second linear members support the spare tire from the vehicle body while the spare tire is tilted forward and downward.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A vehicle comprising:

a suspended spare-tire attachment mechanism comprising:
an attachment linear member configured to support a spare tire from a vehicle body when the spare tire is in an attached state in which the spare tire is attached to the vehicle, the attachment linear member being configured to break in case of a rear collision of the vehicle;
a first linear member configured to support the spare tire from the vehicle body when the attachment linear member breaks and the spare tire falls;
and
a second linear member disposed behind the first linear member and configured to support the spare tire from the vehicle body when the attachment linear member breaks and the spare tire falls,
wherein the first linear member and the second linear member have respective lengths set such that, when the attachment linear member breaks in response to the rear collision, the spare tire moves downward and forward, and the first linear member and the second linear member support the spare tire from the vehicle body while the spare tire is tilted forward and downward.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.