Patent ID: 6908111

Claim:
A vehicular member construction comprising: a pair of side members extending substantially in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle and spaced apart from each other substantially in a widthwise direction of the vehicle; and a pair of cross members including a first cross member and a second cross member spaced apart from each other in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle connecting the pair of the side members; wherein at least one of the pair of the side members and the pair of the cross members has a hollow cross section comprising: a thin wall; a thick wall which is thicker than the thin wall; and connecting walls between the thin wall and the thick wall; wherein the thin wall, the thick wall, and the connecting walls are monolithic with each other, and wherein the thin wall, the thick wall and the connecting walls are free from an inscribed mating with each other, wherein at least one of the pair of side members comprises a hollow cross section comprising a thin wall and a thick wall which is thicker than the thin wall, and a suspension link bracket for supporting a suspension link for linking the at least one of the pair of side members and a wheel of the vehicle, the suspension link bracket being mounted on the thick wall of the at least one of the pair of side members in such a manner that the thin wall is free from mounting with the suspension link bracket.