Front body structure for vehicle

A front body structure for vehicle, comprising:

• a front wheel arranged in each side of the vehicle;
• vehicle-body structural members arranged at least behind the front wheel in a vehicle's fore-and-aft direction and inside the front wheels in a vehicle's width direction;
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• a front-wheel traverse controller provided on the vehicle-body structural members, for controlling the traverse of the front wheel at a vehicle front collision and transmitting a collision load from the front wheel to the vehicle-body structural members,
• wherein the vehicle-body structural members comprise a side sill arranged behind the front wheel in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction,
• the front-wheel traverse controller comprises an outside projecting portion projecting forwardly from a front end of the side sill in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction,
• the vehicle-body structural members comprise a front side member having its rear end connected to a front side member extension,
• the front side member extension is connected to a front end of the side sill through an outrigger, and
• the front-wheel traverse controller includes a recessed guide part arranged on both a front end of the side sill and the outrigger thereby to move the front wheel inwardly in the vehicle's width direction,
• wherein the side sill is arranged so that its outer face in the vehicle's width direction is outside an outer face of the front wheel in the vehicle's width direction.

A front body structure for vehicle, comprising:

• a front wheel arranged in each side of the vehicle;
• vehicle-body structural members arranged at least behind the front wheel in a vehicle's fore-and-aft direction and inside the front wheels in a vehicle's width direction;
• a front-wheel traverse controller provided on the vehicle-body structural member, for controlling the traverse of the front wheel at a vehicle front collision and transmitting a collision load from the front, wheel to the vehicle-body structural member;
• and
• a front pillar arranged on the vehicle-body structural members behind the front wheel,
• wherein the vehicle-body structural member comprises a side sill arranged behind the front wheel in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction,
• the front-wheel traverse controller comprises an outside projecting portion projecting forwardly from a front end of the side sill in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction and an energy absorbing member which is deformable on absorption of the collision load,
• the energy absorbing member is arranged so as to extend from a front end of the side sill till a front face of the front pillar, and
• an outer reinforcement member is arranged between the front pillar and the energy absorbing member to restrain a front collision load exerted to the energy absorbing member from being transmitted to the front pillar.

A front body structure for vehicle, comprising:

• a front wheel arranged in each side of the vehicle;
• vehicle-body structural members arranged at least behind the front wheel in a vehicle's fore-and-aft direction and inside the front wheels in a vehicle's width direction;
• and
• a front-wheel traverse controller provided on the vehicle-body structural members, for controlling the traverse of the front wheel at a vehicle front collision and transmitting a collision load from the front wheel to the vehicle-body structural members;
• wherein the vehicle-body structural members comprise a side sill arranged behind the front wheel in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction,
• the front-wheel traverse controller comprises an outside projecting portion projecting forwardly from a front end of the side sill in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction, and
• the vehicle-body structural members comprise a front side member which has an outside part in the vehicle's width direction provided, on an inside surface thereof, with a recessed reinforcement for acceptance of a front part of the front wheel deformed at the vehicle front collision.

A front body structure for vehicle, comprising;

• a front wheel arranged in each side of the vehicle;
• vehicle-body structural members arranged at least behind the front wheel in a vehicle's fore-and-aft direction and inside the front wheels in a vehicle's width direction;
• and
• a front-wheel traverse controller provided on the vehicle-body structural member, for controlling the traverse of the front wheel at a vehicle front collision and transmitting a collision load from the front wheel to the vehicle-body structural member,
• wherein the vehicle-body structural member comprises a side sill arranged behind the front wheel in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction,
• the front-wheel traverse controller comprises an outside projecting portion projecting forwardly from a front end of the side sill in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction and an energy absorbing member which is deformable on absorption of the collision load,
• the energy absorbing member is arranged so as to extend from a front end of the side sill up to a front face of a front pillar, and
• the energy absorbing member is shaped so that its part corresponding to the front end of the side sill has a thickness in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction larger than a thickness of the energy absorbing member's part corresponding to the front face of the front pillar in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction.

A front body structure for vehicle, comprising:

• a front wheel arranged in each side of the vehicle;
• vehicle-body structural members arranged at least behind the front wheel in a vehicle's fore-and-aft direction and inside the front wheels in a vehicle's width direction;
• a front-wheel traverse controller provided on the vehicle-body structural members, for controlling the traverse of the front wheel at a vehicle front collision and transmitting a collision load from the front wheel to the vehicle-body structural members;
• and
• a hollow front pillar arranged on the vehicle-body structural members behind the front wheel,
• wherein the vehicle-body structural members comprise a side sill arranged behind the front wheel in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction,
• the front-wheel traverse controller comprises an outside projecting portion projection forwardly from a front end of the side sill in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction, and
• the hollow front pillar is provided, in section of a pillar's lower part, with an internal reinforcement which has one end connected to a door hinge plate fitted to a side face of the pillar's lower part of the front pillar and the other end connected to a front part of the pillar's lower part, thereby forming a space between the internal reinforcement of the front part.

A front body structure for vehicle, comprising;

• a front wheel arranged in each side of the vehicle;
• vehicle-body structural members comprising a side sill arranged behind the front wheel in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction and a side member inside the front wheels in a vehicle's width direction, the side member including an energy absorbing section which absorbs a collision energy and an energy un-absorbing section which does not absorb a collision energy;
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• front-wheel traverse controller means provided on the vehicle-body structural members, comprising an outside projecting portion projecting forwardly from a front end of the side sill in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction, for controlling the traverse of the front wheel at a vehicle front collision to transmit a collision load from a front end of the front wheel to a side face of the energy un-absorbing section of the side member and to transmit a collision load from a rear end of the front wheel to a front end of the side sill.

A front body structure for vehicle, comprising;

• a front wheel arranged in each side of the vehicle;
• vehicle-body structural members comprising a side sill behind the front wheel in a vehicle's fore-and-aft direction and a side member inside the front wheels in a vehicle's width direction, the side member including an energy absorbing section which absorbs a collision energy and an energy un-absorbing section which does not absorb a collision energy;
• and
• a front-wheel traverse controller provided on the vehicle-body structural members, for controlling the traverse of the front wheel at a vehicle front collision to transmit a collision load from a front end of the front wheel to a side face of the energy un-absorbing section of the side member and to transmit a collision load from a rear end of the front wheel to a front end of the side sill.