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Title:
VEHICLE FRONT BODY STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2010083196
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To effectively prevent twist deformation of a front side frame with a simple structure upon a front collision of a vehicle, and to easily and properly attach a suspension tower to this front side frame.

This vehicle front body structure includes a pair of side-to-side front side frames 2, suspension towers 5, and apron panels 7. The front side frame 2 is provided with an inclined part 10 extending to the front side of a dash panel 1 along the kick-up part of the dash panel 1, and a horizontal part 11 extending substantially horizontally toward the front side of the vehicle body from the front end. This horizontal part 11 is formed as a flangeless closed section body by one member or the abutment and joining of end parts of a plurality of members. Moreover, in the vehicle outside wall face, a plate-like member 15 for joining the lower side part of the suspension tower 5 or the apron panel 6, is attached, thereby mounting the upper end thereof in a condition protruded to the upper side of the front side frame 2.


Inventors:
TANAKA TSUTOMU
UTSUNOMIYA AKINORI
KITAHARA YOICHIRO
ISHIDA YASUAKI
HONDA MASANORI
SASAKI SHIN
HASHIDA TAKAYUKI
Application Number:
JP2008251655A
Publication Date:
April 15, 2010
Filing Date:
September 29, 2008
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Assignee:
MAZDA MOTOR
International Classes:
B62D25/08; B62D25/20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Etsushi Kotani
Masataka Otani
Jiro Higuchi



 
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