US 12,466,222 B2
Towing device for vehicle and vehicle
Xiaoxiang Jing, Hangzhou (CN); Kent Ove Bovellan, Hangzhou (CN); Tao Fu, Hangzhou (CN); Qiang Dai, Hangzhou (CN); Jian Liang, Hangzhou (CN); Ze Yu, Hangzhou (CN); Shuhao Wei, Hangzhou (CN); and Qun Liu, Hangzhou (CN)
Assigned to ZHEJIANG LIANKONG TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, Ningbo (CN); and ZHEJIANG GEELEY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD, Hangzhou (CN)
Appl. No. 18/001,168
Filed by ZHEJIANG LIANKONG TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, Zhejiang (CN); and ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD, Zhejiang (CN)
PCT Filed May 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/094888
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/249148, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010513485.X (CN), filed on Jun. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0226865 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B60D 1/56 (2006.01); B60D 1/04 (2006.01); B60D 1/48 (2006.01); B60R 19/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60D 1/56 (2013.01) [B60D 1/04 (2013.01); B60D 1/488 (2013.01); B60R 19/34 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A towing device for a vehicle, the vehicle comprising two longitudinal members longitudinally extending along the vehicle, a rear anti-collision beam arranged on one side of the two longitudinal members and transversely extending along the vehicle, and a rear floor and a rear floor cross member that are arranged between the two longitudinal members, an end of each of the longitudinal members close to the rear anti-collision beam being connected to the rear anti-collision beam by means of an energy absorption box, wherein
the towing device comprises a front end portion and a rear end portion connected to the front end portion,
the front end portion is arranged on the rear floor and the rear floor cross member, so as to disperse an external force borne by the front end portion to the rear floor cross member,
the rear end portion comprises a connecting seat and a tow hook connected to the connecting seat and extending out towards an exterior of the vehicle, the connecting seat being arranged on the rear anti-collision beam, so as to transmit an external force borne by the rear end portion to the longitudinal members by means of the rear anti-collision beam and the energy absorption boxes;
the front end portion comprises a U-shaped beam, the U-shaped beam being arranged on a back surface of the rear floor;
the U-shaped beam is provided with a first end and a second end that are oppositely arranged, and the front end portion further comprises two L-shaped supports, the two L-shaped supports being both arranged on a front surface of the rear floor;
one end of one L-shaped support being connected to the first end of the U-shaped beam, and the other end of the one L-shaped support being connected to the rear floor cross member; and
one end of the other L-shaped support being connected to the second end of the U-shaped beam, and the other end of the other L-shaped support being connected to the rear floor cross member.