Vehicles including a wheel well reinforcement member

摘要

Embodiments of vehicles including wheel well reinforcement members are discussed and disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes a wheel well, a rocker coupled to the wheel well, where the rocker extends rearward from the wheel well in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a torque box coupled to the rocker, and a reinforcement member positioned at least partially within the wheel well, the reinforcement member including a forward face that is coupled the radially inward facing side of the wheel well, and at least one of a downward face that is coupled to and extends along the torque box and that is oriented to face downward in a vehicle vertical direction and an outboard face that is coupled to and extends along the rocker and that is oriented to face outboard in the vehicle lateral direction.

主权项

1. A vehicle comprising:
a wheel well comprising a radially inward facing side; a suspension unit comprising a wheel that is positioned at least partially within the wheel well; a rocker coupled to the wheel well, wherein the rocker extends rearward from the wheel well in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a torque box extending inboard from the rocker in a vehicle lateral direction that is transverse to the vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein the torque box is positioned rearward from the wheel well in the vehicle longitudinal direction; and a reinforcement member positioned at least partially within the wheel well, the reinforcement member comprising:
a forward face that is coupled to the radially inward facing side of the wheel well;a downward face that is coupled to and extends below a bottom surface of the torque box in the vehicle lateral direction and that is oriented to face downward in a vehicle vertical direction; andan outboard face that is coupled to and extends along the rocker and that is oriented to face outboard in the vehicle lateral direction.