Front structure of vehicle
AssigneeFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkira Nomura
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Abstract
A front structure of a vehicle includes a suspension cross member provided between left and right front side frames; wheel aprons, each provided between an upper side frame and the front side frame; and strut towers connected to the upper side frames, front side frames and wheel aprons. A pair of strut tower reinforcing members form vertically extending structures with closed hollow cross sections in cooperation with the strut towers. The structures with the closed cross hollow cross sections are arranged to correspond to ends of the suspension cross member with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
Claims18
A front structure of a vehicle comprising:
- a pair of symmetrically formed units, each including:
- an upper side frame extending in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle;
- a front side frame extending in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle at a lower and inner position with respect to said upper side frame;
- a wheel apron extending in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle to provide a lateral wall of an engine compartment of the vehicle, an upper end and a lower end of said wheel apron being respectively connected to said upper side frame and said front side frame;
- a strut tower provided between said upper side frame and said front side frame and connected to said wheel apron;
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- a strut tower reinforcing member connecting said upper side frame and said front side frame, said strut tower reinforcing member forming a structure having a closed hollow cross section extending approximately in a vertical direction in cooperation with said strut tower;
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- a suspension cross member extending in a widthwise direction of the vehicle, said suspension cross member connecting said front side frame in each of said units to each other, said suspension cross member positioned in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle corresponding to a lower end of said structure having a closed hollow cross section in each of said units.
A front structure of a vehicle comprising:
- a pair of symmetrically formed units, each including:
- an upper side frame extending in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle;
- a front side frame extending in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle provided at a lower and inner position with respect to said upper side frame;
- a wheel apron extending in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle to provide a lateral wall of an engine compartment of the vehicle, an upper end and a lower end of said wheel apron being respectively connected to said upper side frame and said front side frame:
- a strut tower provided between said upper side frame and said front side frame and connected to said wheel apron;
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- a strut tower reinforcing member connecting said upper side frame and said front side frame, said strut tower reinforcing member forming a structure having a closed hollow cross section extending approximately in a vertical direction along said strut tower in cooperation with-said wheel apron;
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- a suspension cross member extending in a widthwise direction of the vehicle, said suspension cross member connecting said front side frame in each of said units to each other, said suspension cross member positioned in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle corresponding to a lower end of said structure having a closed hollow cross section in each of said units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.