Vehicle body front portion structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016194031-A1
Application number	US-201414911825-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 12, 2014
Priority date	Aug 21, 2013
Publication date	Jul 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

At a vehicle, rockers and torque boxes are connected, from a front side, to first connecting portions of spacers. Joined portions of the rockers and the torque boxes are reinforced, and a front wheel directly hitting the joined portion at a time of a collision is suppressed. Separation of a joined portion of a front pillar and a dash panel, whose origin is separation of the previously-mentioned joined portion, can be suppressed. Front portions of the spacers are disposed further toward a front side than the joined portions of the front pillars and the dash panel. Therefore, the front wheel first hits the spacer, and collision load is transmitted to the rocker and the torque box, and thus, input of an excessive collision load to the dash panel is suppressed. Because the first connecting portions extend in a vehicle transverse direction, the spacers becoming large can be suppressed.

First claim

1 . A vehicle body front portion structure comprising:
a pair of rockers that are provided at vehicle transverse direction both sides of a vehicle lower portion, and that extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a pair of front pillars that extend toward a vehicle upper side from front end portions of the rockers; a dash panel whose vehicle transverse direction outer side end portions are joined to front end portions of the front pillars, and that connects the pair of front pillars in a vehicle transverse direction; torque boxes that are provided at a vehicle lower side of the dash panel and at vehicle transverse direction inner sides of the rockers, and that are joined to the front end portions of the rockers; and connecting members that are provided at vehicle front sides of the rockers and the torque boxes, and whose front portions are disposed further toward a vehicle front side than the vehicle transverse direction outer side end portions of the dash panel, and that have transverse direction connecting portions that extend in the vehicle transverse direction and connect the rockers and the torque boxes.

2 . The vehicle body front portion structure of claim 1 , wherein the connecting members themselves have closed cross-sectional structures.

3 . The vehicle body front portion structure of claim 1 , wherein the connecting members have vertical direction connecting portions that extend toward a vehicle upper side from vehicle transverse direction outer side end portions of the transverse direction connecting portions, and that connect the rockers and the front pillars.

4 . The vehicle body front portion structure of claim 3 , wherein bent portions are formed at front portions of the vertical direction connecting portions, and the bent portions are formed in concave shapes that open toward a vehicle front side as seen in a side view.

5 . The vehicle body front portion structure of claim 1 , wherein the connecting members are fastened and fixed to reinforcing members that reinforce the vehicle body.

6 . The vehicle body front portion structure claim 1 , wherein
projecting portions, that project-out toward a vehicle front side with respect to the rockers and the torque boxes and that open toward a vehicle rear side as seen in a plan view, are formed integrally with the connecting members, and joined portions of the rockers and the torque boxes are disposed within the projecting portions.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamamoto Yohei
• Hata Koi
• Kaji Yujiro

Classifications

• B62D25/04

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title

• B62D21/152 Primary

  Front or rear frames · CPC title

• B62D25/025 Primary

  Side sills thereof · CPC title