Vehicle front structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYohei Yamamoto
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Abstract
A vehicle front structure includes: a fender panel; an apron member disposed below an inner wall section of the fender panel; a fender protector having a lateral wall mounted on the inner wall section of the fender panel, and a vertical wall extending from an inner end of the lateral wall toward a lower side in the vehicle up-down direction, the vertical wall having an inclined part and a lower wall part, the inclined part being bent from the inner end of the lateral wall toward the lower side and extending so as to incline relative to the vehicle up-down direction, the lower wall part being provided so as to extend from a lower end of the inclined part via a bend toward the lower side; and a sealant provided between a lower end portion of the lower wall part and the apron member.
Claims8
A vehicle front structure, comprising:
- a fender panel having an outer wall section that forms a side surface of a vehicle front, and an inner wall section bent from the outer wall section inward in a vehicle width direction at a parting line between a hood of a vehicle and the fender panel;
- an apron member disposed below the inner wall section of the fender panel in a vehicle up-down direction, the apron member extending in a vehicle front-rear direction;
- a fender protector disposed so as to cover a space between the inner wall section of the fender panel and the apron member,
- the fender protector having a lateral wall that is mounted on the inner wall section of the fender panel, and a vertical wall extending from an inner end of the lateral wall in the vehicle width direction toward a lower side in the vehicle up-down direction,
- the vertical wall having an inclined part and a lower wall part, the inclined part being bent from the inner end of the lateral wall in the vehicle width direction toward the lower side in the vehicle up-down direction and extending so as to incline relative to the vehicle up-down direction, the lower wall part being provided so as to extend from a lower end of the inclined part via a bend toward the lower side in the vehicle up-down direction;
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- a sealant provided between a lower end portion of the lower wall part and the apron member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.