Automobile vehicle body structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10000239-B2
Application number	US-201715438927-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2017
Priority date	Feb 29, 2016
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

A rear section upper face of a front side frame is connected to a front face of an inclined wall of a dashboard panel. An attachment bracket that is provided to a rear section lower face of the front side frame and that has a triangular shape in side view supports a support of a subframe. An outrigger is provided that has a vehicle width direction inner end connected to a front wall and a lower wall of the attachment bracket and to a vehicle width direction outer wall of the front side frame, and that has a vehicle width direction outer end connected to a front end of a side sill.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automobile vehicle body structure comprising:
a dashboard lower panel including a inclined wall inclined downward from an upper front thereof toward a lower rear thereof;
a front side frame including a rear section upper face inclined downward from an upper front thereof toward a lower rear thereof, the rear section upper face connected to a front face of the inclined wall of the dashboard lower panel;
an attachment bracket provided to a rear section lower face of the front side frame and having a triangular shape in side view;
a subframe including a support portion attached to and supported by the attachment bracket; and
an outrigger that extends in a vehicle width direction and has a vehicle width direction inner end connected to a front wall and a lower wall of the attachment bracket and connected to a vehicle width direction outer wall of the front side frame, and that has a vehicle width direction outer end connected to a front end of a side sill.

2. The automobile vehicle body structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the outrigger has a shape projecting oat toward the front from the inclined wall of the dashboard lower panel, and has a two-part construction of an upper member and a lower member integrally connected together by a flange extending along a vehicle width direction.

3. The automobile vehicle body structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the attachment bracket includes
a collar that is fixed to an upper face of the lower wall of the attachment bracket,
a reinforcement plate that is connected to a rear face of the front wall and the upper face of the lower wall of the attachment bracket and that abuts an upper face of the collar, and
a nut that is fixed to an upper face of the reinforcement plate; and

the support portion of the subframe is fastened by a bolt penetrating through the collar and screwing into the nut.

4. The automobile vehicle body structure of claim 2 , further comprising a dash crossmember that is disposed along a rear face of the inclined wall of the dashboard panel and extends in the vehicle width direction,
wherein the upper member is overlapped with the front, side frame, the inclined wall of the dashboard lower panel, and the dash crossmember so as to have a four-layered overlapped structure.

5. The automobile vehicle body structure of claim 2 , further comprising a floor frame that is connected to an upper face of a floor panel extending from the inclined wall of the dashboard lower panel toward the rear,
wherein the lower member is overlapped with the front side frame, the inclined wall of the dashboard lower panel, and the floor frame so as to have a four-layered overlapped structure.

6. The automobile vehicle body structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the outrigger is a member having an open cross-section open to the rear and including at least an upper wall, a front wall, and a lower wall,
the upper wall has a triangular shape with a width size in the front-rear direction that becomes narrower toward the vehicle width direction outside, and
the front wall and the lower wall have a rectangular shape, respectively.

7. The automobile vehicle body structure or claim 6 , wherein the upper wall, the front wall, and the lower wall of the outrigger each include a bead that extends in the vehicle width direction.

8. The automobile vehicle body structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the side sill includes an outer member, an inner member, and a jack-up stiffener interposed between the outer member and the inner member,
the jack-up stiffener includes a front end projecting forward from a front end of the side sill and bending toward the vehicle width direction inside so as to constitute an outrigger fixing flange, and
a front face of the outrigger is mechanically fastened, in the front-rear direction, to the outrigger fixing flange.

9. The automobile vehicle body structure of claim 2 , wherein the upper member and the lower member have different material strengths from each other.

10. The automobile vehicle body structure of claim 8 , wherein the side sill extends in a longitudinal direction.

11. A vehicle comprising the automobile vehicle body structure of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tatsuwaki Masaaki

Classifications

• B62D27/065

  using screwthread (connection of crossbeam to A- pillars B62D25/147; mounting load bearing surfaces B62D21/09; securing mudguards B62D25/163; connections for synthetic parts B62D29/048) · CPC title

• B62D21/11 Primary

  with resilient means for suspension {, e.g. of wheels or engine; sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions} · CPC title

• B62D25/2018

  the subunits being front structures · CPC title

• B62D25/145

  having a crossbeam incorporated therein · CPC title

• B62D27/023

  Assembly of structural joints · CPC title