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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122992 | Impact member for a saddle-type vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same A saddle-type vehicle is provided with an impact member for deflecting a front wheel sideways in the event of a collision. The saddle-type vehicle includes a body frame having a head pipe for rotatably supporting a steering shaft for the front wheel, main frames ext... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7926609 | Vehicle body structure Vehicle body structure includes: a sub frame mounted to a vehicle body frame via elastic members and having at least one of suspensions and a power source supported thereon; a collision detecting sensor; and load transmitting connection mechanisms for connecting the... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7886861 | Electric vehicle An electric vehicle has a first bracket (23) that supports a battery unit (10)-side end of a power unit (16) and extends in a width direction of the vehicle. The first bracket (23) is coupled to a vehicle body through a first coupling sec... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7726429 | Fuel cell vehicle having support frame which couples side frames in width direction of vehicle A fuel cell vehicle includes: a motor chamber provided in a front part of the vehicle; side frames extending on right and left sides of the vehicle in a front-to-back direction of the vehicle; a fuel cell; a motor for driving the vehicle, wherein the motor is driven... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7694771 | Vehicle engine-mount An engine mounting device for a motor vehicle having a casing attached to the engine, a flexible annular cylinder disposed inside the casing with a longitudinal axis generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle body, a shaft attached to the vehicle bod... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7690467 | Motorcycle frame with fuel-storage and break-away engine mounts A motorcycle frame includes hollow left and right frame members that define a fuel-containing volume. Left-center, right-center, left-rear, and right-rear engine supports each depend from a corresponding left and right frame member. Each engine support includes a fi... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7658254 | System and method for clearing crush space in a vehicle through the use of active components A system for clearing crush space in an automotive vehicle, the system including a vehicle having a passenger compartment, an impact displaced component assembled to the vehicle in a spaced relationship to the passenger compartment, an intervening component mounted ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7594559 | Sub-frame connecting structure An engine support structure improves energy absorbing efficiency at the vehicle body frame in relation to impact input from the vehicle front to rear direction. The support structure includes a vehicle body frame having front frame side members extending in the fron... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7392782 | Protective device for external components of engine An engine component (2, 3) is disposed in front of or behind the vehicle engine with respect to the direction of vehicle travel. The component (2, 3) is covered by a protective shell (10) from an opposite direction from the engine (1). Th... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393016 | Front vehicle body structure Front vehicle body structure includes left and right front side frames, a subframe provided on the undersides of the side frames, and left and right mounting brackets for connecting the side frames and subframe. Engine-transmission unit is mounted on the subframe. R... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7380829 | Front body structure of vehicle In a front body structure of a vehicle according to the present invention, satisfactory impact absorption can be achieved both at the time of offset collision and at the time of full-lapped collision. When a load applied to an offset-collided front side member from ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370886 | Vehicle lower frame structure A vehicle frame structure provides a large protected cavity. Lateral energy management zones absorb impact energy on the sides of the protected cavity, and forward and rearward energy management zones absorb impact energy forward and rearward of the protected cavity... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362215 | System and method for monitoring the surroundings of a vehicle A system and method for monitoring the surroundings of a vehicle, having sensors for detecting characteristics of the surroundings and means for processing the detected information. The sensors are optical sensors, at least two sensors are provided, the sensors oper... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350881 | Motorcycle with antilock brake system In a motorcycle provided with an antilock brake system, a front fork supporting a front wheel of a motorcycle is supported to be rotatable by a head pipe which is located at the front end portion of a body frame of a motorcycle, a handle-bar is secured to an upper e... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341299 | Double cell crushable joint for automotive front end A structural joint is formed between the upper frame rail, which bends downwardly to define a generally vertically extending portion, and a generally fore-and-aft extending lower frame rail that can increase bending resistance without sacrificing crash energy manage... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328767 | Power train supporting apparatus and method for automotive vehicle In a power train supporting apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, at least three mount portions support a power train constituted by an engine and a transmission on a frame of a vehicle body in such a manner that the output axle of the engine intersects a ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7281755 | Vehicle support structure with floor impact movement restriction device A vehicle support structure is provided with a floor impact restriction device coupled between a structural floor member of a vehicle floor and a vehicle suspension member supporting the vehicle floor. The floor impact restriction device basically has a suspension a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7243984 | Floor panel structure of vehicle body In a floor panel structure of a vehicle body in which a floor of an automotive vehicle is formed by a floor panel coupled to a plurality of frame members extending in substantially longitudinal and width directions of the vehicle, there are provided a panel area for... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7232005 | Power plant mounting apparatus A power plant mounting apparatus includes a mount member that enables a side member of a vehicle to support a power plant. The mount member has a supporting member whose one end is fixed to the power plant. The supporting member has a shaft portion at the other end ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232003 | Motor vehicle with lowerable drive unit In a motor vehicle comprising a vehicle body having a support structure for supporting a main drive unit and at least one support block disposed on the support structure by which the main drive unit is supported in the vehicle body, each support block comprises bott... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229099 | Chassis auxiliary-frame arrangement for improving the safety in a crash A chassis auxiliary-frame arrangement on a preferably self-supporting vehicle body is designed for improving the safety in a crash in such a manner that, in a frontal impact of the vehicle, the deformation zones of the vehicle body can be adequately and uniformly de... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7185725 | Layout structure of driving device for vehicle In a vehicle, a cowl portion for supporting a front end of a windshield is disposed above the dash panel so as to extend in a width direction of the vehicle, an instrument panel member is located backward away from the cowl portion so as to extend in the width direc... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175532 | Energy absorbing propeller shaft system A dual-sectioned automotive propeller shaft features a weakened area in a first section. Under an axial load, the first section buckles transversely to a longitudinal axis of the shaft to absorb substantially all of the energy exerted against the shaft. A second sec... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163076 | Drive train assembly for a motor vehicle The modular front end forms the front portion of a motor vehicle. The modular front end includes a bulkhead defining a plurality of integrally formed attachment mounts. A drive train assembly carrying at least an engine of the motor vehicle is attached to the bulkhe... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7144039 | Vehicle front body structure A vehicle front body structure includes a pair of front side frames each of which has, at a rear portion thereof, an easily deformable portion that is easily deformable during a collision, a support frame for mounting a unit box thereon, which has a pair of rear leg... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7083024 | Three-point engine mount An engine mount system for connecting an engine to a chassis, includes a mounting plate and first, second and third engine mounts. The first engine mount secures a first engine side to a first side of the chassis. The second and third engine mounts secure the mounti... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7070015 | Battery mounting system for automotive vehicle An automotive vehicle has a battery mounting system including battery tray fastened to a floor within a compartment of the vehicle, and a motion convertor for repositioning battery tray as a result of a collision impact upon the compartment by causing the battery tr... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7057303 | Vehicle mounted electrical generator system A vehicle mounted AC generator system having an AC generator mounted outside the engine/transmission compartment and connected by drive shaft with universal joints and a belt driven RPM ratio device. The ratio is set to provide accurate AC generator RPM at a presele... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040446 | Power train support apparatus A power train support apparatus supports a power train which is adapted to be dropped with a load greater than or equal to a given value thereof applied substantially in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicular body. The power train support apparatus includes: a supp... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032701 | Vehicle power source supporting structure A supporting structure of a vehicle power source consists of a plurality of mount members having elasticity through which a power source is mounted on a vehicle body; first mount members for primarily sharing the weight of the power source and at least one of the fi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021265 | Unit carrier and internal combustion engine A unit carrier for secondary units of a motor vehicle internal combustion engine, having secondary unit attachment devices and engine block attachment devices. The unit carrier has a planned deformation point, which allows a relative displacement between the seconda... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7000726 | Engine positioning structure for an automobile An engine positioning structure is used for a rear wheel drive automobile, with an engine mounted in an engine compartment driving the rear wheels. In the automobile having a passenger compartment and the engine compartment, where the two compartments are separated ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997813 | Rotary shaft A crash optimized propeller shaft includes a swaged tube to connect ends having disparate diameters. The variable diameter tube creates a stress concentration zone which allows the shaft to collapse or buckle in a controlled and predictable manner in response to pre... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997276 | Subframe mount structure A subframe 1 is mounted on a vehicle body (body side frame 2) through mounts (subframe mounts B1–B6) with elastic bodies (rubber members 6, 7, 11), at two points located on both sides in lateral directions of a front portion of t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6957846 | Front body structure for vehicle A vehicle front body structure includes a side-member front area 11F inclined outwardly in the width direction of a vehicle as directing ahead of the vehicle, a strength control mechanism C provided in the side-member front area 11F, a sub-side member ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6948767 | Vehicle body front section structure A vehicle body front section structure is provided with longitudinal frame members that are connected by curved parts to the back surface of a widthwise frame member to disperse the load when the vehicle undergoes a front collision. In particular, wedge-shaped open ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6926321 | Bumper with crash absorbing element An attachment element for a bumper includes a partially closed profile with a back panel and on each side lateral tension struts, a bottom plate, or a cover, wherein the attachment element is configured as a part of the bumper and the configuration of the attachment... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6880663 | Vehicle front structure A vehicle front structure includes a side member to be placed to extend in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle. The side member includes a support portion to support a power unit at a support point, and a weak section which is formed on the front side of the sup... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6786536 | Body structure of motor vehicles This body structure is suitable for motor vehicles, especially for passenger cars and comprises a passenger compartment structure and at least one supporting structure adjoining thereon, for example, for accommodating a driving unit and wheel suspension elements. Th... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6761242 | Power unit layout structure At the time of head-on collision of a vehicle, an intermediate portion of a subframe 6 is folded and deformed downwardly into a form of L-shape, an engine body 8 is moved downward, a radiator core upper rail 11 is rearwardly deformed and moved, ... | 07/13/2004 |
