Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle knuckle
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Application No.: US16630628Application Date: 2018-08-03
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Publication No.: US11247262B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Hiroaki Hosoi , Kouki Sugino , Keiji Yazaki , Teppei Hoshino
- Applicant: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe
- Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPJP2017-154568 20170809,JPJP2018-090292 20180509
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/029264 WO 20180803
- International Announcement: WO2019/031413 WO 20190214
- Main IPC: B60G7/00
- IPC: B60G7/00 ; B21K1/14

Abstract:
The objective of the present invention is to improve the rigidity of a vehicle knuckle made from an aluminum alloy with respect to a force directed from the outside to the inside in the width direction of a vehicle. A vehicle knuckle (11) is provided with a bearing support portion (111), a knuckle upper portion (113) and a knuckle lower portion (112). With the vehicle knuckle (11) in a position fitted to a vehicle main body, the knuckle upper portion (113) has a shape in which, if the knuckle upper portion (113) is divided equally into five or more regions in a vertical direction, and the center of the bearing support portion (111) is fixed and a horizontal load F is applied to a knuckle upper end portion (115) from the outside toward the inside in the width direction of the vehicle, the minimum value of a value obtained by dividing the strain energy in each of the five or more regions other than a first region (11A) by the mass of the corresponding region is at least equal to 0.70 times the maximum value thereof.
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