Vehicle front portion structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTatsuya Ayukawa
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Abstract
A reinforcing plate is provided between an inner central portion that structures a portion of a connecting member and a rear end portion of a dash cross-member. The reinforcing plate is a wrought member and is joined (at a join portion) to both the inner central portion and a rear wall portion of the dash cross-member via joining members. Because the wrought member has high tensile strength, when the reinforcing plate is provided at the join portion of the connecting member, a tensile load acting on the join portion may be borne by the reinforcing plate, and breakage of the connecting member may be suppressed. Therefore, an impact load transmitted from a front side member through the connecting member may be transmitted to the dash cross-member and rockers.
Claims12
A vehicle front portion structure comprising:
- a front side member that extends in a vehicle front-and-rear direction, at a front portion of the vehicle;
- a dash cross-member that extends in a vehicle width direction, at the vehicle rear side of the front side member;
- a rocker that extends in the vehicle front-and-rear direction, at the vehicle rear side and at a vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member;
- a connecting member that is joined to the front side member, the dash cross-member and the rocker, at least a portion of the connecting member being a cast member:
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- a reinforcing portion that is provided at a region of the connecting member at which a tensile load acts when an impact load is transmitted from the front side member to the connecting member during a front collision of the vehicle, the reinforcing portion reinforcing this region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.