Patent ID: 8622464
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering support member structure which is constructed across a width of a vehicle body and is attached to left and right sides of the vehicle body at both ends in a vehicle-body width direction via an end-part-connection bracket, wherein the steering support member comprises two support members disposed side by side in parallel, a first support member being disposed across the entire width of the vehicle body and a second support member being disposed in a corresponding location on a driver seat side, wherein an end part on the vehicle body side of the second support member is attached, along with the first support member, to the vehicle body via the end-part-connection bracket, and an end part opposite the vehicle body of the second support member is attached to the first support member via an intermediate-part-connection bracket, wherein a C-shaped or U-shaped brace which extends in a vehicle body front-rear direction and straddles the first and second support members in the vehicle body front-rear direction, and a steering bracket which is C-shaped or made up of two parallel members and which extends in the vehicle body front-rear direction, are disposed in the middle in the vehicle-body width direction of the second support member, wherein one edge part of the brace which connects to at least one of the first and second support members, and one member of the steering bracket which connects to the first and second support members are disposed so as to be overlapped at the middle in the vehicle-body width direction of the second support member, and another edge part of the brace which connects to either or both of the first and second support members, and the other member of the steering bracket which connects to the first and second support members are disposed so as to be overlapped at a position at ¼ of the total length of the second support member from the middle in the vehicle-body width direction of the second support member towards the intermediate-part-connection bracket, wherein a C-shaped or U-shaped base part of the brace, of which the vehicle-body front side is closed, and which is disposed on the vehicle-body front side spaced apart from the first and second support members, is connected to an upper part of a cowl panel or dash panel in the front of the vehicle body, and wherein there is constructed between the opposing edge parts of the C-shaped or U-shaped brace a pipe member which is disposed in parallel with the first support member, and connects to the opposing edge parts at an intermediate position in the front-rear direction between the first support member and the base part of the brace.