Vehicle body front structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9248865-B2
Application number	US-201214388519-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2012
Priority date	Mar 28, 2012
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle body front structure ( 15 ) includes a side beam member ( 38 ) extending toward the rear of the vehicle body from a bulkhead ( 24 ). One end ( 41 ) of an upper member ( 28 ) is connected to the side beam member ( 38 ). The other end ( 46 ) of the upper member ( 28 ) is connected to a front pillar ( 45 ). The upper member ( 28 ) is divided into an upper front-side member ( 47 ) that includes the one end ( 41 ) and an upper rear-side member ( 48 ) that includes the other end ( 46 ). A lower member ( 32 ) extends downward from the upper front-side member ( 47 ). The upper member ( 28 ) is divided at a position near a housing front wall ( 57 ) of a damper housing ( 26 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle body front structure comprising:
a bulkhead disposed at a front side of a vehicle body and extending in a widthwise direction of a vehicle;
left and right side beam members extending from an upper beam member of the bulkhead in a rearward direction of the vehicle body;
front pillars supporting left and right ends of a windshield; and
left and right upper members having one ends connected to the side beam members and opposite ends connected to the front pillars,
wherein each of the left and right upper members divides into an upper front side member and an upper rear side member, the upper front side members of the left and right upper members having the one ends, the upper rear side members of the upper members having the opposite ends, and wherein left and right lower members extend from the upper front side members in a downward direction of the vehicle body,
wherein the respective left and right upper members are disposed at top portions of opposite lateral sides of an engine compartment, and joined to widthwise outer sides of left and right damper housings supporting suspensions, the damper housings including housing front walls having front surfaces facing in a forward direction of the vehicle body, the left and right upper members dividing into the upper front side members and the upper rear side members at locations close to the housing front walls of the damper housings, and
wherein the upper front side members include division ends located on sides of the one ends, and front outer wall sections having surfaces facing in widthwise outward directions of the vehicle, and fender brackets for mounting fenders, the fender brackets being disposed at the front outer wall sections on sides of the division ends.

2. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the fender brackets are joined to the front outer wall sections and to the lower members.

3. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the lower members are integrally plastically worked members, the lower members overlapping the front outer wall sections of the upper front side members from outside the vehicle and being joined to the front outer wall sections.

4. The structure of claim 1 , wherein each of the left and right side beam members has a rear end fitting over and connected to the one end of the upper front side member, the rear end having a fitting flange, the fitting flange projecting and having a peripheral edge of the rear end, the peripheral edge being spaced outward from the one end with a gap defined between the peripheral edge and the one end.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hisazumi Makoto
• Hashimoto Naoyuki

Classifications

• B62D25/082 Primary

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