Patent ID: 8857836
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B60G,B62D

Abstract:
1. A sub frame structure of an automotive vehicle, in which a sub frame to support a suspension device for a wheel at a vehicle body is connected to a pair of right-and-left rear frames, via fixing means, which have a closed cross section and extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction below a vehicle floor which includes a vehicle-compartment floor portion, a kick-up portion rising upward from a rear end of the vehicle-compartment floor portion, and a rear panel portion extending rearward from an upper end of the kick-up portion, the sub frame comprising: a front cross member extending in a vehicle width direction and connected to the pair of rear frames located below the rear panel portion via fixing means at right-and-left both end portions thereof, the front cross member having a central portion which is configured to project downward in substantially a V shape in an elevational view; a rear cross member extending in the vehicle width direction at a position located in back of said front cross member and connected to the pair of rear frames located below the rear panel portion via fixing means at right-and-left both end portions thereof; a pair of right-and-left side members extending substantially in the vehicle longitudinal direction below said front cross member, respective front end portions of which are connected to the pair of rear frames located below around the kick-up portion via fixing means and respective rear end portions of which are joined to said rear cross member; and a pair of right-and-left connecting brackets extending substantially in a vehicle vertical direction and interconnecting respective substantially central portions, in the vehicle longitudinal direction, of said pair of side members and right-and-left slant portions of said front cross member which form part of said V-shaped central portion and are located above the pair of side members, wherein at said pair of connecting brackets are respectively provided a pair of attachment portions for attaching a specified link among plural suspension links constituting said suspension device which is arranged the closest to a center of the wheel.