Body structure
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Mochidome, Yoshinori Mitsui, Naofumi Nagaike, Tatsuaki Hayashida
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Abstract
In a front gable portion (13) of a rubber-tired new traffic vehicle (11), an outer bumper (45) is fixed to the exterior of an inner bumper (32) constituting an underframe (33), front beams (47, 48) and side beams (49) are constructed between a roof frame (42) and the outer bumper (45), the front beams (47, 48) are inclined and curved in harmony with the streamlined design of the vehicle (11), and straight portions (47a, 48a) of predetermined lengths are formed in lower end portions of the front beams (47, 48) along a vertical direction.
Claims20
A vehicle body structure characterized in that a crush zone for absorbing an impact force in a collision is provided on a front head side of a vehicle relative to a passenger compartment, and a straight portion extending along a vertical direction is formed in a front portion of a vertical beam as a constituent member constituting the crush zone.
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