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US 2016/0244014 A1Published application
Vehicle front structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinichiro IHORI
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Abstract
A vehicle front structure is configured such that an absorber is provided on a front surface of a center brace that connects in a vehicle up and down direction a radiator support upper to a radiator support lower. Accordingly, when a load is input from a front side of a vehicle, a load transfer passage through the absorber, the center brace, and the radiator support upper or the radiator support lower is newly configured, thereby improving impact absorption performance.
Claims3
1-4. (canceled)
A vehicle front structure comprising:
- a radiator support upper extending in a vehicle width direction;
- a radiator support lower provided on a lower side relative to the radiator support upper in a vehicle up and down direction, the radiator support lower extending in the vehicle width direction;
- a center brace disposed on a front side of the radiator support upper in a vehicle front-rear direction, the center brace disposed on a front side of the radiator support lower in the vehicle front-rear direction, the center brace connecting the radiator support upper to the radiator support lower in the vehicle up and down direction;
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- a load receiving member placed on a front side of the center brace in the vehicle front-rear direction, the load receiving member extending in the vehicle width direction;
- wherein the center brace is connected to the radiator support upper on both sides of a hood lock in the vehicle width direction;
- wherein the hood lock is attached to the front side of the radiator support upper in the vehicle front-rear direction;
- wherein the center brace is connected to the radiator support upper on at least one side of the hood lock in the vehicle width direction;
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- wherein the load receiving member includes a vulnerable portion, the vulnerable portion configured to be deformed before the center brace, the radiator support upper and radiator support lower, when a load is input in the vulnerable portion from a front side of the load receiving member in the vehicle front-rear direction.
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