Vehicle body front structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoichiro Hamano, Ryo Kita
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Abstract
A vehicle body front structure of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle is equipped with a bumper beam disposed on a front side of a vehicle body and extending in a vehicle width direction. The bumper beam is fixed at its lateral end portions in the vehicle width direction to the vehicle body. A guide member is disposed on each lateral end portion of the bumper beam to cover a laterally outer end surface of the bumper beam in the vehicle width direction. The guide member has a deformation allowance caused to extend in a collision in accordance with a displacement of the bumper beam.
Claims20
A vehicle body front structure of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a bumper beam disposed on a front side of a vehicle body and extending in a vehicle width direction,
- wherein the bumper beam is fixed at its lateral end portions in the vehicle width direction to the vehicle body,
- wherein a guide member is disposed on each lateral end portion of the bumper beam to cover a laterally outer end surface of the bumper beam in the vehicle width direction,
- wherein the guide member has a deformation allowance caused to extend in a collision in accordance with a displacement of the bumper beam,
- wherein the guide member covers a front surface and the laterally outer end surface of the bumper beam throughout a height from an upper surface to a lower surface of the bumper beam,
- wherein the vehicle body front structure further comprises a support member for supporting a rear surface of the bumper beam,
- wherein the guide member is made of a plate member having a pair of upper and lower inclined portions inclined, when viewed from a side, to approach each other with rearward distance from the rear surface of the bumper beam, and
- wherein height positions of rear ends of the pair of upper and lower inclined portions correspond to height positions of an upper surface and a lower surface of the support member.
A vehicle body front structure of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a bumper beam disposed on a front side of a vehicle body and extending in a vehicle width direction,
- wherein the bumper beam is fixed at its lateral end portions in the vehicle width direction to the vehicle body,
- wherein a guide member is disposed on each lateral end portion of the bumper beam to cover a laterally outer end surface of the bumper beam in the vehicle width direction,
- wherein the guide member has a deformation allowance caused to extend in a collision in accordance with a displacement of the bumper beam,
- wherein the vehicle body front structure further comprises a support member for supporting a rear surface of the bumper beam,
- wherein the lateral end portions of the bumper beam are inclined rearward toward outside,
- wherein a front end portion of the support member has a laterally outer portion and a laterally inner portion in the vehicle width direction,
- wherein a bumper beam fixing portion for fixing the bumper beam is provided on the laterally outer portion, and
- wherein a generally V-shaped notch is formed between the bumper beam and the laterally inner portion of the support member, the notch opening gradually wider toward an inner side in the vehicle width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.