Vehicle body structure
US-2024416998-A1 · Dec 19, 2024 · US
Vehicle front body structure
US8936299B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8936299-B2 |
| Application number | US-201214130409-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2012 |
| Priority date | Jul 6, 2011 |
| Publication date | Jan 20, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2015 |
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The present invention relates to a vehicle front body structure comprising a cross-sectionally closed front side frame installed to extend in a front-rear direction of a vehicle. The front side frame has a depressed section formed in a lower region of a vehicle-width directional inner wall surface portion thereof in such a manner as to be depressed toward a vehicle-width directional outward side. The front side frame is internally provided with a reinforcing member extending over a front-rear directional dimension of the depressed section. An upper portion of the reinforcing member is joined to at least one of a vehicle-width directional intermediate region of an upper wall portion of the front side frame and an area of the upper wall portion located outward side of the intermediate region, and a lateral portion of the reinforcing member is joined to a wall surface portion corresponding to the depressed section.
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What is claimed is: 1. A vehicle front body structure comprising a cross-sectionally closed front side frame installed to extend in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, wherein: the front side frame has an outer panel making up a vehicle-width directional outer wall surface portion thereof, and a cross-sectionally angular C-shaped inner panel disposed inward side of the outer panel, the outer panel and the inner panel being joined to each other at respective upper and lower edge r…
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Operations & Transport · mapped topic
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Operations & Transport · mapped topic
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- What does patent US8936299B2 cover?
- The present invention relates to a vehicle front body structure comprising a cross-sectionally closed front side frame installed to extend in a front-rear direction of a vehicle. The front side frame has a depressed section formed in a lower region of a vehicle-width directional inner wall surface portion thereof in such a manner as to be depressed toward a vehicle-width directional outward sid…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Tanaka Junichi, Yano Kenichi, Nakamae Takayuki, and 1 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification B62D21/152. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Jan 20 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).