Automobile vehicle body structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorMasaaki Tatsuwaki
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Abstract
A rear section upper face of a front side frame is connected to a front face of an inclined wall of a dashboard panel. An attachment bracket that is provided to a rear section lower face of the front side frame and that has a triangular shape in side view supports a support of a subframe. An outrigger is provided that has a vehicle width direction inner end connected to a front wall and a lower wall of the attachment bracket and to a vehicle width direction outer wall of the front side frame, and that has a vehicle width direction outer end connected to a front end of a side sill.
Claims11
An automobile vehicle body structure comprising:
- a dashboard lower panel including a inclined wall inclined downward from an upper front thereof toward a lower rear thereof;
- a front side frame including a rear section upper face inclined downward from an upper front thereof toward a lower rear thereof, the rear section upper face connected to a front face of the inclined wall of the dashboard lower panel;
- an attachment bracket provided to a rear section lower face of the front side frame and having a triangular shape in side view;
- a subframe including a support portion attached to and supported by the attachment bracket;
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- an outrigger that extends in a vehicle width direction and has a vehicle width direction inner end connected to a front wall and a lower wall of the attachment bracket and connected to a vehicle width direction outer wall of the front side frame, and that has a vehicle width direction outer end connected to a front end of a side sill.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.