# US 2016/0244014 A1 · Vehicle front structure

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- Number: US 2016/0244014 A1
- Document ID: US20160244014A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/025,720
- Filed: 2014-10-09
- Published: 2016-08-25
- Earliest claimed: 2013-10-21
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Shinichiro IHORI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160244014A1

## CPC

- B60R 19/52: Radiator or grille guards {; Radiator grilles (cooling aspects B60K11/08)}
- B62D 25/084: {Radiator supports}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-4. (canceled)

### Claim 5

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; and
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; and
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.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The vehicle front structure according to claim 5, wherein the vulnerable portion includes a resin material having a crank-shaped section.