Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes rear wheel houses that are provided on right and left sides of a vehicle and have shook absorber housings for housing shook absorbers and a rear bulkhead. The shock absorber housings have bag structures having closed spaces therein formed in upper portions thereof. The bag structures have the shock absorbers secured thereto and secured to the bulkhead.

Abstract: A subframe structure being supported by a vehicle-body frame and supporting a vehicular power plant through a damping device. The subframe structure includes: a longitudinal member which extends in a front-rear direction of a vehicle and is rigidly fixed to the vehicle-body frame; a lateral member which extends in a vehicle width direction and on which at least one of the damping devices is mounted; a floating mechanism which floatingly supports the lateral member on the longitudinal member through an elastic mechanism; and a suspension arm connected to the longitudinal member.

Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes rear wheel houses that are provided on right and left sides of a vehicle and have shook absorber housings for housing shook absorbers and a rear bulkhead. The shock absorber housings have bag structures having closed spaces therein formed in upper portions thereof. The bag structures have the shock absorbers secured thereto and secured to the bulkhead.

Abstract: A subframe structure being supported by a vehicle-body frame and supporting a vehicular power plant through a damping device. The subframe structure includes: a longitudinal member which extends in a front-rear direction of a vehicle and is rigidly fixed to the vehicle-body frame; a lateral member which extends in a vehicle width direction and on which at least one of the damping devices is mounted; a floating mechanism which floatingly supports the lateral member on the longitudinal member through an elastic mechanism; and a suspension arm connected to the longitudinal member.

Abstract: A vertical continuous annealing furnace has two furnace covers vertically spaced away from each other. Each furnace cover is laterally slidable with respect to the furnace proper and has two long narrow openings through which strip is passed. There is a relatively small pre-chamber between the first furnace cover above and the second furnace cover below. The space below the second furnace cover constitutes a heating chamber. A partition extends from the undersurface of the second furnace cover to near the bottom of the furnace, dividing the heating chamber into a heating zone and a soaking zone. In charging and discharging the strip, the two furnace covers are alternately opened and closed, thereby keeping the heating chamber out of exposure to the outside air.