Mount structure for fuel tank
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorTadayoshi Hashimura
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Abstract
A fuel tank mount structure (24), to be placed in a lower area of a floor formed in a vehicle body, is provided including a rear suspension member (13) disposed rearward of the fuel tank and having a front edge portion formed with a front suspension cross member (27) formed in a configuration contoured along a rear profile of the fuel tank (24).
Claims10
A fuel tank mount structure to place a fuel tank of a vehicle beneath a rear area of a floor of the vehicle, the fuel tank mount structure comprising:
- a first tank frame holding the fuel tank which is mounted to a below area of rear side members placed on left and right sides of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body;
- a rear suspension member disposed rearward of the fuel tank and which comprises a front suspension cross member formed so as to extend in a vehicle widthwise direction from the one rear side member to the other rear side member, a rear suspension cross member disposed rearward of the front suspension cross member so as to extend in the vehicle widthwise direction from the one rear side member to the other rear side member, and suspension side members disposed along a vehicle longitudinal direction and connecting the rear suspension cross member and the front suspension cross member and formed in a double cross shape;
- wherein the front suspension cross member is contoured along a rear profile of the fuel tank;
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- wherein a rear side of the first tank frame is mounted to the vehicle body at an area between the front suspension cross member and the rear suspension cross member.
A fuel tank mount structure to place a fuel tank of a vehicle beneath a rear area of a floor of the vehicle, the fuel tank mount structure comprising:
- a first tank frame holding the fuel tank which is mounted to a below area of rear side means placed on left and right sides of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body;
- a rear suspension means disposed rearward of the fuel tank and which comprises a front suspension cross means formed so as to extend in a vehicle widthwise direction from the one rear side means to another rear side means, a rear suspension cross means disposed rearward of the front suspension cross means so as to extend in the vehicle widthwise direction from the one rear side means to the other rear side means, and suspension side means disposed along a vehicle longitudinal direction and connecting the rear suspension cross means and the front suspension cross means and formed in a double cross shape;
- wherein the front suspension cross means is formed in a configuration contoured alone a rear profile of the fuel tank;
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- wherein a rear side of the first tank frame is mounted to the vehicle body at an area between the front suspension cross means and the rear suspension cross means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.