Front vehicle body structure
US8789874B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 27, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60K11/04
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
There is provided a front vehicle body structure. A radiator panel lower is mounted between front ends of side frames, crash boxes at the front ends of the side frames, and a bumper beam between front ends of the crash boxes. The radiator panel lower includes a bracket offset toward the inside in the vehicle width direction from the side frame. Upon an offset front collision, a shock load is absorbed by an axial compression deformation of one of the crash boxes and a drag of the side frames. Upon a full-overlap front collision, the right and left crash boxes are subjected to the axial compression deformation, and the shock load is input to the bracket, thereby bending the side frames. Accordingly, and a sufficient axial compression deformation of the crash boxes is secured, and the shock load is absorbed by the reduction in the drag of the side frames.
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