A chassis frame module for an electric vehicle may include: a main frame; a front frame connected to the front of the main frame; and a rear frame connected to the rear of the main frame. The front frame may include: a first front frame disposed at the front of the main frame; a second front frame extending from the first front frame toward the main frame; and a front joint part configured to connect the main frame and the second front frame.

Presented are protective covers for weldable fasteners, methods for making/using such cover-protected weldable fasteners, and motor vehicles with such covered fasteners welded to load-bearing structural members. A weldable fastener assembly includes a fastener, such as a weld-on nut or clip retainer, that is fabricated with a shank and a flange. One end of the shank has a fastener hole that receives therethrough a mating fastener, such as a bolt, screw, stud, or clip. The flange is formed, in whole or in part, from a weldable material for welding to a load-bearing panel or other structural support member. The flange may be integrally formed with and project radially outward from the shank. A protective cover is attached to the flange and covers the fastener hole. The protective cover is frangible and formed, in whole or in part, from a material designed to withstand the temperature at which the weldable material melts.

A console for a vehicle includes a first bracket and a second bracket disposed opposite the first bracket in a mirroring configuration relative to the first bracket. Each of the first bracket and the second bracket includes a body, an upper arm extending from an upper front portion of the body and configured to couple to a vehicle frame, a lower arm extending from a lower front portion of the body and configured to couple to a vehicle frame, and a first end and a second end, wherein the first end includes a first leg configured to couple to a floor of the vehicle and the second end includes a second leg configured to couple to the floor of the vehicle. The first bracket and the second bracket are mutually coupled in at least one region.

The disclosure relates to an aluminum alloy and a component part prepared therefrom. The aluminum alloy comprises: 7-9 wt% of silicon (Si), 0.15-0.45 wt% of chromium (Cr), 0.1-0.3 wt% of vanadium (V), at least 0.01 wt% of strontium (Sr), 0.1-0.2 wt% of titanium (Ti), 0-0.5 wt% of manganese (Mn), 0-0.8 wt% of iron (Fe) and the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities. The aluminum alloy of the disclosure can be exempt from heat treatment process after casting in the processing process, so as to contribute to energy conservation and emission reduction, and the component part prepared therefrom can achieve desired mechanical properties.

An integrated energy absorbing system of a vehicle with a front integrated energy absorbing casting and a back integrated energy absorbing casting. Each front and back casting is a single unified casting that makes up the integrated energy absorbing system. Ribbed sections such as “I” sections and “C” sections make up the castings and are formed from a variety of different techniques and/or formings such as cutout, waveform profile, tapering, flaring and/or rib spacing. Additional sections such as closed section castings may also be integrated in the integrated energy absorbing system.

A vehicle including recyclable cast aluminum alloy components. The recyclable cast aluminum alloy components include a vehicle body component and a vehicle chassis component. In combination, the recyclable cast aluminum alloy components include, by mass: silicon in an amount greater than or equal to about 6% to less than or equal to about 11%, magnesium in an amount less than or equal to about 0.5%, iron in an amount greater than or equal to about 0.15% to less than or equal to about 0.25%, manganese in an amount less than or equal to about 0.3%, and greater than or equal to about 88% aluminum. A recycled aluminum alloy component may be cast from a melt of the recyclable cast aluminum alloy components. The recyclable cast aluminum alloy components account for, by mass, greater than or equal to about 70%, about 80%, or about 90% of the recycled aluminum alloy component.

Shock absorber assembly structures are disclosed. An example shock absorber disclosed herein includes a shock absorber mount coupled to an end of the shock absorber, the shock absorber mount including a recess to receive a locating rib of a vehicle body, and an aperture to receive a fastener to couple the shock absorber mount to an attachment boss of the vehicle body.

A vehicle side member includes: a main member portion which extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; a front-side mounting portion which is one-piece construction with a front portion of the main member portion; a rear-side mounting portion which is one-piece construction with a rear portion of the main member portion; and a damper mounting portion which is one-piece construction with the main member portion, and in which a top end of a damper is received and mounted.

An embodiment vehicle body connection structure for connecting an underbody on which a battery assembly is mounted and an upper body includes a plurality of main mounting portions engaging the battery assembly, a chassis frame on both sides of the underbody and side sills on both sides of the upper body along a length direction of the upper body through a main engage unit.

A utility wall for a pickup truck includes: a first portion disposed along a first plane and including alternating first and second vertical columns of apertures, where: the first vertical columns include a vertically repeating pattern including: first rectangular apertures with longer sides oriented in a first direction; ovular apertures; and circular apertures; and the second vertical columns include second rectangular apertures with longer sides oriented in a second direction that is different than the first direction; second and third portions disposed along a second plane that is parallel to the first plane, the second and third portions including bolt apertures through which bolts can extend to bolt the utility wall to the pickup truck; a first c-shaped portion that connects a first end of the first portion to the second portion; and a second c-shaped portion that connects a second end of the first portion to the third portion.