Patent ID: 8523258

Claim:
A structure for mounting a subframe to a vehicle body, the structure comprising: the vehicle body; an elastic assembly; and the subframe located under the vehicle body and mounted to the vehicle body via the elastic assembly, the elastic assembly including: a first mounting member located under the vehicle body and over the subframe and mounted to the vehicle body; a second mounting member mounted to the subframe and extending upward from the subframe to be located immediately above the first mounting member; and an elastic member disposed between the first mounting member and the second mounting member, wherein the first mounting member is mounted to the vehicle body by a cylindrical collar disposed between the first mounting member and the vehicle body, and a bolt extending vertically through the first mounting member and through the collar and screwed to the vehicle body, wherein the second mounting member has a flat plate-shaped horizontal portion directly transmitting a downward load of the subframe to the elastic member, an opening portion formed in the plate-shaped horizontal portion and disposed concentrically with the collar, and an annular anchoring portion extending upward from an inner peripheral edge of the opening portion, and wherein the elastic member is integrally molded to the first and second mounting members and the collar in such a manner as to wrap around the first and second mounting members and the collar.