Vehicle front structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9004576-B2
Application number	US-201414483491-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2014
Priority date	Sep 11, 2013
Publication date	Apr 14, 2015
Grant date	Apr 14, 2015

Abstract

When a collision load is transmitted to a gusset, the load is transmitted to an inner side in a vehicle width direction via an inclined wall. Accordingly, moment that causes a front side member to be projected and bent inward to the inner side in the vehicle width direction with an intersection being a starting point acts on the front side member. Then, the front side member, which has been projected and bent inward, collides with a power unit that is disposed in an engine compartment from an outer side in the vehicle width direction. Accordingly, a lateral force to the inner side in the vehicle width direction can be obtained for a vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle front structure comprising:
a front side member extending along a vehicle front-rear direction;
a bumper reinforcement extending along a vehicle width direction, the bumper reinforcement disposed forward in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the front side member;
a gusset disposed on an outer side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the front side member, the gusset disposed rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the bumper reinforcement, the gusset separated from the bumper reinforcement, wherein
a front end of the gusset in the vehicle front-rear direction is arranged forward in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to a front end of the front side member in the vehicle front-rear direction.

2. The vehicle front structure according to claim 1 , wherein
an inclined wall is formed in a rear part of the gusset in the vehicle front-rear direction, the inclined wall inclined toward an inner side in the vehicle width direction as the inclined wall extends rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction.

3. The vehicle front structure according to claim 1 , wherein
a bracket is coupled to the front end of the front side member in the vehicle front-rear direction, and the bracket is coupled to the front end of the gusset in the vehicle front-rear direction,
the bracket includes a first coupling section, a second coupling section, and a step section,
the first coupling section is coupled to the front end of the front side member in the vehicle front-rear direction,
the second coupling section is arranged forward in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the first coupling section and the second coupling section is coupled to the front end of the gusset in the vehicle front-rear direction, and
the step section connects the first coupling section and the second coupling section.

4. The vehicle front structure according to claim 1 , wherein
a connection member extends from an apron member, the apron member extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, the connection member disposed on the outer side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the front side member,
a front end of the connection member in the vehicle front-rear direction is arranged rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the front end of the gusset in the vehicle front-rear direction, and
the front end of the connection member in the vehicle front-rear direction is coupled to a bracket.

5. The vehicle front structure according to claim 4 , wherein
the connection member is coupled to a front part side of the gusset in the vehicle front-rear direction, and
the connection member can move relative to a rear part side of the gusset in the vehicle front-rear direction.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sakakibara Kosuke
• Kuriyama Tomoyuki
• Tamaoki Akihiro
• Yamada Kenjiro
• Kitakata Shintaro
• Hihara Yasuyuki
• Hasegawa Yasutaka

Classifications

• B62D25/082 Primary

  Engine compartments · CPC title

• B62D25/085 Primary

  Front-end modules · CPC title