Title:
FUEL TANK SUPPORT STRUCTURE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005112112
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To reduce a load acting on a fuel tank at the time of collision.
The fuel tanks 52, 54, 56 are disposed in parallel along a vehicle width direction on a rear sub frame 40, and the fuel tank 54 is placed on a fuel tank support bracket 62 installed between a cross rail 46 and a cross rail 48 of the rear sub frame 40. When a collision load F1 is acted on the fuel tank 56, a vulnerable part 70 of the fuel tank support bracket 62 is broken and the fuel tank 54 is moved to the lower part of the vehicle body, since the fuel tank 56 abuts to a rear cross member 20 to prevent the movement toward the upper part.
Inventors:
MINAMI TERUYUKI
Application Number:
JP2003348059A
Publication Date:
April 28, 2005
Filing Date:
October 07, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B62D25/20; B60K15/063; B60K15/067; B60K15/07; (IPC1-7): B60K15/063; B62D25/20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Nakajima
Kato Kazunori
Katsuichi Nishimoto
Hiroshi Fukuda
Kato Kazunori
Katsuichi Nishimoto
Hiroshi Fukuda