Vehicle body structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMotoki Tanaka, Koji Saeki
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Abstract
A vehicle body structure includes a dash panel separating a vehicle front part from a vehicle cabin, a front side member extending longitudinally of a vehicle body in the vehicle front part and having ends located rearward of the vehicle body, opposite to the dash panel, a floor frame member forming a floor frame of the vehicle cabin, and a plate-shape reinforcing member disposed further toward a center of the vehicle cabin with respect to the dash panel and the floor frame member to be opposite to the ends of the front side member. The reinforcing member includes an upper portion secured to the dash panel and a lower portion secured to the floor frame member, and has a curvature that is smaller than a curvature of the dash panel.
Claims6
A vehicle body structure, comprising:
- a dash panel that separates a vehicle front part from a vehicle cabin;
- a front side member extending along a length of a vehicle body in the vehicle front part, the front side member including an end located rearward of the vehicle body, the end opposite to and secured to the dash panel;
- a floor frame member forming a floor frame of the vehicle cabin;
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- a reinforcing member having a plate shape, the reinforcing member being disposed further toward a center of the vehicle cabin with respect to the dash panel and the floor frame member and being disposed opposite to the end of the front side member located rearward of the vehicle body, the reinforcing member including an upper portion secured to the dash panel and a lower portion secured to the floor frame member, the reinforcing member having a curvature that is smaller than a curvature of the dash panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.