# US 2025/0145221 A1 · Vehicle front structure

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- Number: US 2025/0145221 A1
- Document ID: US20250145221A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/938,275
- Filed: 2024-11-06
- Published: 2025-05-08
- Earliest claimed: 2023-11-08
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Yoshiki KOMATSU; Keisuke SUZUKI; Kureha TAKASAKI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250145221A1

## CPC

- B62D 21/152: {Front or rear frames}
- 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

In a vehicle front structure including a front side frame, a bumper reinforcement, and a fastening plate fastened by being sandwiched between a front end of the front side frame and a fastening portion of the bumper reinforcement, the bumper reinforcement and the fastening plate extend outward in a vehicle width direction from the front side frame, and a tip end of the fastening plate is fastened to an outer end of the bumper reinforcement, an SOL brace extending obliquely rearward from the fastening plate toward the front side frame is provided.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle front structure comprising:
a front side frame disposed on a front side portion of a vehicle and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction;
a bumper reinforcement fastened to a front end of the front side frame and extending in a vehicle width direction;
a fastening plate sandwiched between the front end of the front side frame and a fastening portion of the bumper reinforcement and fastened to the front end of the front side frame and the fastening portion of the bumper reinforcement, wherein the bumper reinforcement and the fastening plate extend outward in the vehicle width direction beyond the front side frame, and a tip end of the fastening plate is fastened to an outer end, in the vehicle width direction, of the bumper reinforcement; and
an SOL brace attached to a rearward surface of the fastening plate, the SOL brace extending from the fastening plate obliquely rearward in the vehicle toward the front side frame.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle front structure according to claim 1, wherein
the fastening plate includes an outer part extending outward in the vehicle width direction beyond the front side frame; and
the outer part is bent in a mountain shape raised rearwardly in the vehicle so as to define a gap between the outer part and a rear surface of the bumper reinforcement.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The vehicle front structure according to claim 2, wherein
the fastening plate has a ridge line raised rearwardly in the vehicle; and
the SOL brace is welded in a region outside the ridge line in the vehicle width direction to the surface of the fastening plate located rearward in the vehicle.