Structural support for a bolt collar
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorJamison Weirup
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Abstract
A structural support for a bolt collar in an automotive vehicle main structural support is provided and includes a rear wall having a rounded portion, a pair of side walls extending substantially perpendicular from the rear wall and a base extending from a lower portion of the rear wall and from a lower portion of the rounded portion in a direction opposite to that of the pair of side walls. The rounded portion extends outwardly from the rear wall in the same direction as the base in an arc-like fashion and forms a recess on an inside surface of the rear wall. Further, the rounded portion extends approximately halfway up the rear wall from the base.
Claims7
An automotive vehicle main structural component comprising:
- a frame having a bottom wall, two side walls and an opening defined in the bottom wall;
- a bolt collar adapted to receive a fastening device operatively connected to an upper surface of the bottom wall such that an opening defined in the bolt collar is aligned with the opening defined in the bottom wall of the frame;
- and
- a structural support operatively connected to the frame and to the bolt collar,
- wherein a longitudinal axis of the structural support is generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the bolt collar and substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.