Vehicle front structure

A vehicle front structure, comprising:

• a first front side member;
• a front bumper beam located in front of the first front side member;
• a bumper beam extension portion extending from an end of the front bumper beam;
• a deflector mounted on the bumper beam extension portion;
• a support located behind the deflector, wherein the support is attached to an outboard surface of the first front side member;
• and
• a crush box,
• wherein the front bumper beam is connected to a front end of the first front side member by the crush box,
• wherein a crush box width of the crush box is greater than a member width of the first front side member,
• wherein the support is mounted on the outboard surface of the first front side member rearward of the crush box,
• wherein the first front side member comprises a plate provided on the front end of the first front side member, and
• wherein the crush box is fixed to the plate of the first front side member.

A vehicle comprising:

• a first front side member extending along a first longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
• a crush box;
• a front bumper beam located forward of the first front side member, the front bumper beam being mechanically coupled to the first front side member via the crush box;
• a bumper beam extension portion extending diagonally rearward and outward from the front bumper beam;
• a deflector mechanically coupled to an inboard surface of the bumper beam extension portion;
• and
• a support mechanically coupled to an outboard surface of the first front side member, such that the support is diagonally separated from the deflector by a spaced distance, and such that a diagonally-inboard-facing deflector surface of the deflector faces toward a diagonally-outward-facing support surface of the support,
• wherein the deflector comprises:
• a first deflector member located outside the bumper beam extension portion, and
• a second deflector member at least partially inserted into a cavity of the bumper beam extension portion, wherein the first deflector member and the second deflector member are fixed to the bumper beam extension portion.