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US 6,672,652 B2Granted
Front end structure of a vehicle
AssigneeFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkihide Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki Ikeda
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AssigneeFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkihide Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki Ikeda
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A module carrier incorporating components of a cooling system has a frame structure with frames provided on upper and lower sides thereof and a pair of stays supporting both side ends of the frames. Two fitting faces formed on each of the stays are fixed onto a front edge and a member bracket of a front side member. A pair of the front side members are provided on both sides in a widthwise direction of a vehicle. A lower frame is supported against the front side member by a truss structure provided in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. If an impact load is applied from the front side of the vehicle body to the lower frame, it is possible to receive such impact load securely and to generate a reactive force. Therefore, if a leg of a pedestrian collides from the frontside of the vehicle body, such reactive force is effective for scooping up a lower leg for protection.
A front end structure of a vehicle provided with a module carrier with a carrier upper frame and a carrier lower frame each extending in a widthwise direction of the vehicle and a stay extending in a vertical direction to connect both side ends of the two frames, the module carrier being fixed onto a front part of a vehicle body frame with at least a part of a front end, comprising:
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