Front portion structure for vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkihiko IKEDA, Fumiaki SHIGEMATSU
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Abstract
A front portion structure for a vehicle includes a powertrain unit and a suspension cross member. The suspension cross member includes a load receiving portion as a part of the suspension cross member in a width direction of the vehicle positioned above the other parts. The powertrain unit includes an abutting portion abutting against the suspension cross member when the powertrain unit moves backward during a front collision of the vehicle. The abutting portion is arranged on a lower side of a differential case of a differential device provided in a transaxle of the powertrain unit and at a position facing the load receiving portion of the suspension cross member.
Claims4
A front portion structure for a vehicle, the front portion structure comprising:
- a powertrain unit disposed in a front portion of the vehicle;
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- a suspension cross member disposed behind the powertrain unit and extending along a width direction of the vehicle, wherein:
- the suspension cross member includes a load receiving portion as a part of the suspension cross member in the width direction of the vehicle, the load receiving portion being positioned above the other parts of the suspension cross member;
- the powertrain unit includes an abutting portion abutting against the suspension cross member when the powertrain unit moves backward during a front collision of the vehicle;
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- the abutting portion is arranged on a lower side of a differential case of a differential device provided in a transaxle of the powertrain unit and at a position facing the load receiving portion of the suspension cross member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.