US 12,319,215 B2
Vehicle structure
Masayuki Ishizuka, Ehime (JP); and Satoshi Shimizu, Ehime (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,211.
Application 17/973,211 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/045852, filed on Dec. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-078580 (JP), filed on Apr. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044854 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 19/18 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1806 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle structure comprising:
a pipe member forming a part of a frame of a vehicle; and
a wire-shaped body having flexibility,
wherein the pipe member includes a pipe portion forming a pipe shape and a flange portion formed to protrude from the pipe portion, and is formed of one member in which the pipe portion and the flange portion are continuous with each other, and
the wire-shaped body is disposed in a state where the wire-shaped body is in contact with the flange portion and strides over the flange portion.