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Vehicle front section structure

US9828032B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 15, 2016
Grant dateNov 28, 2017
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D25/082
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle front section structure includes a front side member, a gusset that juts out from a side face of a front end of the front side member, a bumper reinforcement that is disposed at a front end side of the vehicle body front section, and a crash box that is disposed between front ends of the front side member and the gusset, and an outer side section of the bumper reinforcement, that couples both of the front ends and the outer side section together, and undergoes compressive plastic deformation due to collision load. A flat portion is integrally formed at an end of the bumper reinforcement, with a front face of the flat portion extending along the vehicle width direction and a vehicle up-down direction and, in vehicle front view, overlapping with a side wall portion at the vehicle width direction outer side of the crash box.

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