Front body structure of vehicle
AssigneeFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkira Hoshikawa, Tadashi Masuda
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Abstract
A motor bracket is installed in a concave portion formed in a front bulkhead of a vehicle and onto an upper surface of which a wiper motor unit 19 is fixed. The bracket is fixed to a front wall surface of the front bulkhead and is operable to deform or fracture based upon an impact to the front wall surface during a collision. In addition, the wiper motor unit is positioned at a higher position than that of upper end surfaces of strut towers so that the concave portion can be crashed and deformed without interference from the wiper motor even if the strut towers are moved backwardly at the time of frontal crash of the vehicle to push the front wall surface of the front bulkhead. As a result, the impact energy generated from a frontal crash can be absorbed.
Claims7
A body structure of vehicle comprising:
- a bulkhead including a concave portion opened upwardly and having front and rear wall surfaces;
- and
- a wiper unit having a wiper motor disposed between the front and rear wall surfaces of the concave portion,
- wherein the wiper motor is also disposed at a higher position than that of upper surfaces of strut towers of the vehicle.
A body structure of a vehicle comprising:
- an energy absorption component being operable to absorb an impact energy during a collision so as to reduce an impact energy into a passenger compartment;
- and
- a wiper unit having a wiper motor disposed between the energy absorption component and the passenger compartment without interfering with a collapse of the energy absorption component by the wiper motor.
A body structure of a vehicle comprising:
- an energy absorption component being operable to absorb an impact energy during a collision so as to reduce the impact energy into a passenger compartment;
- and
- a wiper unit having a wiper motor disposed between the energy absorption component and the passenger compartment, wherein the wiper motor is fixed to the energy absorption component with a bracket being operable to deform or fracture at a predetermined load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.