Patent ID: 8146933

Claim:
An attachment structure system for attaching a damper to a vehicle, the vehicle having a front to back longitudinal axis direction, a side to side lateral axis direction, and an up/down vertical axis direction, the attachment structure system comprising: a vehicle frame having a longitudinal axis direction extending parallel with the front to back longitudinal axis direction of the vehicle; a vehicle body portion connected to the vehicle frame via a body-to-frame fastening structure; a stiffener body connected to the vehicle frame at a first fastening location and a second fastening location, the first fastening location spaced from the second fastening location along the longitudinal axis direction of the vehicle frame, the stiffener body connected to the vehicle body portion at a third fastening location that is spaced from the first fastening location and the second fastening location, wherein the first fastening location is located in a plane that is substantially normal with the longitudinal axis direction of the vehicle frame and the second fastening location is located in a plane that is substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis direction of the vehicle frame; and a damper connected to the stiffener body such that the damper is located between the first fastening location and the second fastening location when viewed from a position spaced in a side to side lateral axis direction from the stiffener body when the stiffener body is attached to the vehicle.