Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11511806-B2
Application number	US-202017037680-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2020
Priority date	Oct 24, 2019
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle may include: a floor panel; a rocker extending along a side edge of the floor panel; a rear side member located on a rear side of the rocker and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and a suspension. The suspension may include a trailing arm; and a bracket connected to the trailing arm via a bush. The bracket may be fastened to the rocker at a first fastening point by a first bolt and fastened to the rear side member at a second fastening point by a second bolt.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle, comprising:
a floor panel;
a rocker attached to and extending along a side edge of the floor panel;
a rear side member located on a rear side of the rocker and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and
a suspension;
wherein
the suspension comprises:
a trailing arm; and
a bracket connected to the trailing arm via a bush,

the bracket is directly fastened to the rocker at a first fastening point by a first bolt and directly fastened to the rear side member at a second fastening point by a second bolt, and
the rocker, the rear side member, and the bracket are directly fastened to each other at the first fastening point by the first bolt.

2. A vehicle, comprising:
a floor panel;
a rocker attached to and extending along a side edge of the floor panel;
a rear side member located on a rear side of the rocker and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle;
a suspension; and
an outdoor floor crossmember protruding downward from the floor panel and extending along a left-right direction of the vehicle,
wherein
the suspension comprises:
a trailing arm; and
a bracket connected to the trailing arm via a bush,

the bracket is directly fastened to the rocker at a first fastening point by a first bolt and directly fastened to the rear side member at a second fastening point by a second bolt, and
the bracket is directly fastened to the outdoor floor crossmember at a third fastening point by a third bolt.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 , further comprising a storage configured to store an energy source, the storage being located below the floor panel and on a front side of the outdoor floor crossmember.

4. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the rear side member, the outdoor floor crossmember, and the bracket are directly fastened to each other at the third fastening point by the third bolt.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Kimura Ryo
• Matsumoto Tomohiro

Classifications

• B62D25/2027 Primary

  the subunits being rear structures · CPC title

• B60G7/001

  Suspension arms, e.g. constructional features (B60G7/006 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60G7/02

  Attaching arms to sprung part of vehicle {(B60G7/006 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · CPC title

• B62D25/16

  Mud-guards or wings; Wheel cover panels (equipped with means for freeing wheels or tyres from foreign matter B60S) · CPC title