Reinforced vehicle frame and tie down eye structure
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHisao Ichinose, Shinji Katou, Masashi Matsui, Kouji Hori
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Abstract
A vehicle body structure at mounting portions of tractive or fastening hooks of an automobile comprises U-shaped members welded to vehicle body members whose joint flanges surrounded by the U-shaped members are formed with apertures to reinforce the joint flange by bolts passing through the apertures, thereby preventing separations and cracks in the joint flanges during a transport for a long distance.
Claims10
An automobile body structure comprising a channel member with flanges extending outwardly at an open portion thereof, a plate welded to the flanges closing the channel member to form a beam member having a closed cross section, a U-shaped eye member welded to the plate and extending past an edge of one of the flanges, a bolt passing through said plate and one flange and between legs of the eye member to reinforce the beam member at points receiving stress applied to the eye member.
In an automobile body structure having a channel member with a flanged open side, a panel covering the open side of the channel member and being fixed to said flange to form a joint flange, a U-shaped member having legs welded to the panel and a bight extending beyond an edge of the joint flange to form an eye configured to receive means subjecting the U-shaped member to forces in transportation of the vehicle, the improvement comprising
- an aperture formed in the joint flange between the legs of the U-shaped member,
- a bolt selectively received in the aperture,
- a nut connected to a bolt received in the aperture for reinforcingly clamping the panel and channel member flange between the nut and a head of the bolt, and said nut and bolt being primarily used over long distances of transportation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.