Vehicle front structure
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKousuke Akasaka
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Abstract
A vehicle front structure which is partitioned into an engine compartment and a passenger compartment with a dashboard. An exhaust pipe is extended from a rear part of an engine accommodated in the engine compartment to a rear part of the vehicle, beneath the passenger compartment. Between the engine and the dashboard, a steering gearbox, a harness and a plurality of pipes extending transversely of the vehicle are arranged. A heat shielding plate is interposed between the steering gearbox, harness and pipes as a group, and the exhaust pipe. The heat shielding plate blocks heat emitted from the engine and the exhaust pipe from affecting the steering gearbox, harness and pipes.
Claims7
A front structure for a vehicle comprising:
- a dashboard for partitioning a front part of a body of the vehicle into an engine compartment for accommodating an engine and a passenger compartment;
- an exhaust pipe extending from a rear part of the engine, beneath the passenger compartment, toward a rear part of the vehicle;
- a body reinforcing bar extending between said dashboard and said exhaust pipe transversely of the vehicle and detachably mounted at both ends thereof to right and left front side frames in the front part of the body;
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- a heat shielding plate interposed between said dashboard and said exhaust pipe and having a rear end mounted to a lower part of said dashboard and a front end mounted to said body reinforcing bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.