Reinforcing structure of vehicle frame member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10053151-B2
Application number	US-201615371664-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2016
Priority date	Dec 25, 2015
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

A reinforcing structure of a vehicle frame member includes: ribs that integrally connect standing wall portions, that are formed at a planar portion of a vehicle frame member, to one another, and that reinforce the planar portion; portions of gradually changing thickness that are formed at connected portions of the ribs with the standing wall portions; portions of gradually changing height that are formed at the connected portions of the ribs with the standing wall portions; first curved portions that are formed at the portions of gradually changing thickness; second curved portions that are formed at the portions of gradually changing thickness; third curved portions that are formed at the portions of gradually changing height; and fourth curved portions that are formed at the portions of gradually changing height.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A reinforcing structure of a vehicle frame member, comprising:
a vehicle frame member that is molded from a light metal material or a resin material, and at which at least one of a plurality of standing wall portions and a plurality of projecting portions are formed at a planar portion;
ribs that are formed at the planar portion, and that integrally connect the standing wall portions to one another or the projecting portions to one another or the standing wall portions and the projecting portions, and that reinforce the planar portion;
portions of gradually changing thickness that are formed at connected portions of the ribs with the standing wall portions or the projecting portions, and at which a thickness of the rib is made to become thicker toward the standing wall portion or the projecting portion;
portions of gradually changing height that are formed at the connected portions of the ribs with the standing wall portions or the projecting portions, and at which a height of the rib is made to become higher toward the standing wall portion or the projecting portion;
first curved portions that are formed at the portions of gradually changing thickness;
second curved portions that are formed in continuation with the first curved portions at the portions of gradually changing thickness, at further toward the standing wall portion sides or the projecting portion sides than the first curved portions, and whose curvature is greater than that of the first curved portions;
third curved portions that are formed at the portions of gradually changing height; and
fourth curved portions that are formed in continuation with the third curved portions at the portions of gradually changing height, at further toward the standing wall portion sides or the projecting portion sides than the third curved portions, and whose curvature is greater than that of the third curved portions.

2. A reinforcing structure of a vehicle frame member, comprising:
a vehicle frame member that is molded from a light metal material or a resin material, and at which at least one of a plurality of standing wall portions and a plurality of projecting portions are formed at a planar portion;
ribs that are formed at the planar portion, and that integrally connect the standing wall portions to one another or the projecting portions to one another or the standing wall portions and the projecting portions, and that reinforce the planar portion;
portions of gradually changing thickness that are formed at connected portions of the ribs with the standing wall portions or the projecting portions, and at which a thickness of the rib is made to become thicker toward the standing wall portion or the projecting portion;
portions of gradually changing height that are formed at the connected portions of the ribs with the standing wall portions or the projecting portions, and at which a height of the rib is made to become higher toward the standing wall portion or the projecting portion;
first linear portions that are formed at the portions of gradually changing thickness;
thickness direction curved portions that are formed in continuation with the first linear portions at the portions of gradually changing thickness, at further toward the standing wall portion sides or the projecting portion sides than the first linear portions;
second linear portions that are formed at the portions of gradually changing height; and
height direction curved portions that are formed in continuation with the second linear portions at the portions of gradually changing height, at further toward the standing wall portion sides or the projecting portion sides than the second linear portions.

3. The reinforcing structure of a vehicle frame member of claim 1 , wherein a length of the portion of gradually changing thickness and a length of the portion of gradually changing height in an extending direction of the rib are made to be the same.

4. The reinforcing structure of a vehicle frame member of claim 1 , wherein a length of the portion of gradually changing thickness and a length of the portion of gradually changing height in an extending direction of the rib are respectively made to be greater than or equal to a height of the standing wall portions or the projecting portions.

5. The reinforcing structure of a vehicle frame member of claim 1 , wherein the ribs have thin plate ribs and thick plate ribs whose thicknesses at a portion other than the portion of gradually changing thickness differ from one another, and a length of the portion of gradually changing thickness at the thin plate rib is made to be longer than a length of the portion of gradually changing thickness at the thick plate rib.

6. The reinforcing structure of a vehicle frame member of claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle frame member is a suspension member, and
the standing wall portions are peripheral walls of the suspension member, and the projecting portions are bosses for fastening of the suspension member.

7. The reinforcing structure of a vehicle frame member of claim 2 , wherein a length of the portion of gradually changing thickness and a length of the portion of gradually changing height in an extending direction of the rib are made to be the same.

8. The reinforcing structure of a vehicle frame member of claim 2 , wherein a length of the portion of gradually changing thickness and a length of the portion of gradually changing height in an extending direction of the rib are respectively made to be greater than or equal to a height of the standing wall portions or the projecting portions.

9. The reinforcing structure of a vehicle frame member of claim 2 , wherein the ribs have thin plate ribs and thick plate ribs whose thicknesses at a portion other than the portion of gradually changing thickness differ from one another, and a length of the portion of gradually changing thickness at the thin plate rib is made to be longer than a length of the portion of gradually changing thickness at the thick plate rib.

10. The reinforcing structure of a vehicle frame member of claim 2 , wherein
the vehicle frame member is a suspension member, and
the standing wall portions are peripheral walls of the suspension member, and the projecting portions are bosses for fastening of the suspension member.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Murata Soshiro
• Sasaki Takashi
• Kanasugi Hideaki
• Shimizu Kazuki
• Izumi Minako

Classifications

• B60Y2410/122

  Plastic parts manufactured by moulding · CPC title

• B62D29/041

  Understructures · CPC title

• B60Y2410/121

  Metal parts manufactured by moulding · CPC title

• B60Y2304/03

  Reducing weight · CPC title

• B60Y2410/124

  Welded parts · CPC title