US 12,459,578 B2
Vehicle front structure
Takeshi Kuniya, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,408.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-045835 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0303184 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B60K 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/085 (2013.01) [B60K 5/1208 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle front structure according, comprising:
a suspension member having a hollow structure and disposed at a rear lower part of a motor compartment, with movable parts of a suspension being coupled to the suspension member; and
a torque rod connecting the suspension member and a drive unit located in front of the suspension member, the torque rod having a first end coupled to the suspension member, a second end coupled to the drive unit, and a rod portion connecting the first end and the second end, wherein
an opening is formed in a front wall of the suspension member facing the drive unit to allow the rod portion of the torque rod to pass through, and the first end of the torque rod is coupled to the suspension member in an interior space of the suspension member, and
a gap between the opening and an opening-corresponding portion of the rod portion that corresponds to the opening of the suspension member is 3 mm or less on a left side and/or a right side of the opening-corresponding portion.