Patent ID: 9180914
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B60K,B62D

Abstract:
1. A cast support structure for a vehicle that is made of a non-ferrous light alloy, that is to be interposed between a vehicle body and a vehicle part, and that is to be connected to the vehicle body and the vehicle part with fastening members to support the vehicle part, wherein among connecting surfaces of the cast support structure to which the vehicle body and the vehicle part are connected, an electrochemical corrosion inhibitor is applied to a connecting surface that is located on a lower side, in a vertical direction of the vehicle, of the vehicle part, the electrochemical corrosion inhibitor is applied to an exposed flat contact surface in which a bolt is brought into contact with the support structure to connect the support structure to an engine compartment of the vehicle body, the exposed flat contact surface is located on an opposite side of the cast support structure to one of the connecting surfaces between the cast support structure and the engine compartment of the vehicle body, and a step portion is formed, by spotfacing, on a surface of the cast support structure so that the step portion continues with the exposed flat contact surface.