Patent ID: 7360621
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle, which is supported on a vehicle frame to support a wheel via a suspension arm, comprising: a cross member extending in a width direction of the vehicle; a pair of side members respectively connected with both ends of said cross member at a connection portion thereof and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at right and left sides of the vehicle, the side members being respectively supported on the vehicle frame at least at one end and the other end thereof, wherein each of said side members includes a foam-disposed portion where a foaming agent is provided and a non-foam-disposed portion where no foaming agent is provided therein, said foam-disposed portion is located at least from said one end of the side member to said connection portion of the side member, and said cross member includes a foam-disposed portion where the foaming agent is provided along a longitudinal direction of the cross member.