Front vehicle body structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKeisuke Takakuwa
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Abstract
A front vehicle body structure includes a sub-frame. The sub-frame includes left and right longitudinal frames which extend in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body and a horizontal frame which connects rear portions of the left and right longitudinal frames. The left longitudinal frame includes a steel frame and a light metal frame. A rear member of the steel frame overlaps the light metal frame in a vertical direction and is joined to the light metal frame. The left longitudinal frame includes a bent portion. The bent portion is provided on the front side of the vehicle body with respect to a front end portion of the light metal frame.
Claims4
A front vehicle body structure in which a sub-frame is provided below a power unit room of a front portion of a vehicle,
- wherein the sub-frame includes a pair of longitudinal frames extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body and a horizontal frame connecting rear portions of the longitudinal frames,
- wherein the longitudinal frame includes a steel frame made of steel and a light metal frame made of light metal,
- wherein the steel frame is configured by:
- a front member which has a closed cross-section extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and is not joined to the light metal frame by friction stir welding;
- and
- a rear member which is disposed below the light metal frame and is joined to the light metal frame by friction stir welding,
- wherein a rear portion of the front member is joined to a front end portion of the rear member,
- wherein the longitudinal frame includes a bent portion to be a starting point at which the longitudinal frame is bent in the vertical direction, and
- wherein the bent portion is provided in a portion on the front side of the vehicle body with respect to the front end portion of the rear member in the front member of the steel frame on the front side of the vehicle body with respect to a front end portion of the light metal frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.