US 2014/0367994 A1Published application

Vehicle front structure

AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorsKazutada Sasaki, Hidefumi Nihei, Daisuke Naoi, Masanobu Eguchi

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Abstract

The vehicle front structure 100 has a windshield lower 6, a cross member 7 fixed on the windshield lower 6, an upper member 1 extending in a front-back direction of a vehicle, a damper housing 4 fixed inside the upper member 1 in a vehicle width direction and arranged in front the cross member 7, and a damper housing support 5 coupling the cross member 7 with the damper housing 4. A closed section K is formed by the windshield lower 6 and the cross member 7. The damper housing support 5 has a damper housing fixed section 51 which is fixed on an upper surface 41 of the damper housing 4 and a vertical wall section 53 which extends backward from an inside of the damper housing fixed section 51 in the vehicle width direction and is fixed on the cross member 7.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A vehicle front structure comprising:

a windshield lower that supports a windshield from underneath;
a cross member that is fixed on the windshield lower and extends in a vehicle width direction;
an upper member that is fixed on a front end part of a front pillar and extends in a front-back direction of a vehicle;
a damper housing that is fixed inside the upper member in the vehicle width direction and is arranged in front of the cross member to attach a damper;
and
a damper housing support that couples the cross member with the damper housing,
wherein the windshield lower and the cross member form a closed section, and
the damper housing support has a damper housing fixed section that is fixed on an upper surface of the damper housing and a vertical wall section that extends backward from an inside of the damper housing fixed section in the vehicle width direction and is fixed on the cross member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.