Vehicle body front structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10137934-B2
Application number	US-201615390864-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2016
Priority date	Jan 7, 2016
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle body front structure includes a front side frame body provided on the front portion of the vehicle body, the front side frame including a front frame extending to the longitudinal direction and a rear frame extending downward from the rear end portion of the front frame to the rear direction, the rear portion of the front frame has a front bulkhead and a rear bulkhead which are longitudinally spaced from each other, a recessed portion which recesses the outside wall outside in the width direction of the vehicle to the inside in the width direction of the vehicle, and the recessed portion is positioned between the front bulkhead and the rear bulkhead.

First claim

We claim:

1. A vehicle body-front structure comprising:
a front side frame provided at a front portion of a vehicle body,
said front side frame including
a front frame extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body,
and a rear frame extending downward and rearward from a rear-end portion of said front frame,
wherein the front frame has a rear portion including
a front, bulkhead and a rear bulkhead which are longitudinally spaced apart from each other,
and a recessed portion including an outside wall disposed outside in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle body and recessed inward in the vehicle width direction,
and said recessed portion is positioned between said front bulkhead and said rear bulkhead.

2. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 1 , wherein
a mount bracket attaching a sub frame is provided to a lower portion of said front frame at a position under said front bulkhead,
said front bulkhead has an approximately C-shape in plan view, and
the front bulkhead extends in a vertical direction, and is connected at least to a lower wall, an upper wall, and an inner side wall which constitute said front frame.

3. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 1 , wherein
said rear, bulkhead is a substantially L-shaped member in side view, comprising a vertical wall disposed in the rear portion of said front frame and extending in a substantially vertical direction,
a lateral wall extending downward and backward from a lower end of said vertical wall,
said vertical wall is connected to an upper wall, a lower wall, an inner side wall, and the outside wall which constitute said front frame, respectively,
and said lateral wall is connected to at least an outside wall, and an inner side wall which constitute said rear frame.

4. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 3 , wherein
the rear bulkhead includes a bead extending over said vertical wall and said lateral wall.

5. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 1 , wherein
said front frame includes, in order from the front,
a clearance portion avoiding contact with a wheel disposed outside in the vehicle width direction,
a front bending portion bending to the inside in the vehicle width direction,
and said recessed portion.

6. The vehicle body front, structure according to claim 1 , wherein
a load transmitting member extending to the outside in the vehicle width direction is provided to a front end portion of said front frame.

7. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 1 , wherein said rear frame comprises:
an inclined portion extending downward and rearward from the rear portion of said front frame;
a horizontal portion horizontally extending from a rear end of said inclined portion to a rear direction,
a rear bending portion including an angular portion disposed at a boundary between said inclined portion, and said horizontal portion,
a stiffener of an outrigger provided on an outer side in the vehicle width direction of said rear bending portion,
a rear wall of a lateral member provided on an inner side of said rear bending portion in the vehicle width direction,
a bending bulkhead provided inside said rear bending portion and aligned with said stiffener and the rear wall of said lateral member in the vehicle width direction.

8. The vehicle body front, structure according to claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion, is positioned longitudinally between said front bulkhead and said rear bulkhead.

9. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion is recessed into a space between the front bulkhead and the rear bulkhead.

10. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 2 , wherein the front bulkhead is joined to the outside wall.

11. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 2 , wherein the front bulkhead is not joined to the outside wall.

12. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 3 , wherein the vertical wall includes an outside vertical wall joined to the outside wall of the front frame and the outside wall of the rear frame.

13. A vehicle comprising the vehicle body front structure according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakamoto Naoki
• Matsushima Yuki

Classifications

• B62D25/08

  Front or rear portions {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11)} · CPC title

• B62D21/152 Primary

  Front or rear frames · CPC title

• B60Y2410/124

  Welded parts · CPC title

• B60Y2306/01

  Reducing damages in case of crash, e.g. by improving battery protection · CPC title