Vehicle front portion structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10486629-B2
Application number	US-201815896661-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2018
Priority date	Feb 21, 2017
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle front portion structure includes a front fender panel, a fender reinforcement attached to the front fender panel, and a head lamp unit fixed to the front fender panel. A rear end portion of the head lamp unit is positioned behind a fixing point at which the front fender panel and the head lamp unit are fixed to each other in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a protruding portion protruding to the vehicle-width-direction inner side is disposed in the fender reinforcement, and the protruding portion is positioned on a rotation trajectory of the head lamp unit at a time when the head lamp unit is rotated about a virtual line in an up-down direction of the vehicle passing through the fixing point such that the rear end portion of the head lamp unit is toward a vehicle-width-direction outer side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle front portion structure comprising:
a front fender panel positioned above a front wheel;
a fender reinforcement attached to a vehicle-width-direction inner side of the front fender panel; and
a head lamp unit fixed to a front end portion of the front fender panel, wherein:
a rear end portion of the head lamp unit is positioned behind a fixing point at which the front fender panel and the head lamp unit are fixed to each other in a front-rear direction of a vehicle;
a protruding portion protruding to the vehicle-width-direction inner side is disposed in the fender reinforcement; and
the protruding portion is positioned on a rotation trajectory of the head lamp unit at a time when the head lamp unit is rotated about a virtual line in an up-down direction of the vehicle passing through the fixing point such that the rear end portion of the head lamp unit is toward a vehicle-width-direction outer side.

2. The vehicle front portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
an extending portion extending toward a rear side in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is disposed in the rear end portion of the head lamp unit; and
the protruding portion is positioned on the rotation trajectory of the extending portion.

3. The vehicle front portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the fender reinforcement has a plate shape; and
the protruding portion is disposed in a vehicle-front-side edge portion of the fender reinforcement and protrudes to the vehicle-width-direction inner side beyond other places in the vehicle-front-side edge portion.

4. The vehicle front portion structure according to claim 3 , wherein the protruding portion is a part of the vehicle-front-side edge portion of the fender reinforcement in an extension direction of the vehicle-front-side edge portion curved toward the vehicle-width-direction inner side beyond other places.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamamoto Yohei

Classifications

• B62D25/16 Primary

  Mud-guards or wings; Wheel cover panels (equipped with means for freeing wheels or tyres from foreign matter B60S) · CPC title

• B60R2019/505

  with lights · CPC title

• B62D25/08 Primary

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

• B60R19/18

  {characterised by the cross-section;} Means within the bumper to absorb impact · CPC title

• B60R19/50 Primary

  with lights or registration plates · CPC title