Automobile car body front construction and method of assembling car body front
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsShouichi Kishikawa, Kenji Furukoshi
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Abstract
In a front body structure of a vehicle and an assembling method of a front body of a vehicle, head-lamp units (6) disposed at both vehicular widthwise sides of a radiator core support panel (1), respectively, are made into movable structures positionally adjustable to front fenders (8), thereby allowing to attach the head-lamp units (6) to the front fenders (8) on the basis of the latter, respectively, and to uniformalize clearances, offset-amounts and the like in parting portions between the head-lamp units (6) and the front ends of the front fenders (8).
Claims11
A front body structure of a vehicle, comprising:
- a radiator core support panel including a movable structure member;
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- head-lamp units mounted on said movable structural member at both vehicular widthwise sides and said radiator core support panel, respectively,
- wherein said radiator core support panel is coupled to front fenders and front side members,
- and wherein said head-lamp units are positionally adjustable to said front fenders to aligningly adjust relation between said head-lamp units and said front fenders while moving at least in a vehicular widthwise direction and a vehicular fore-and-aft direction through said movable structural member of said radiator core support panel, positional relation between said head-lamp units and said movable structural member being maintained, respectively.
The front body structure of a vehicle according to 5, wherein said coupling portions of said head-lamp units at the vehicular widthwise inside portions thereof to said radiator core support panel are provided with attaching points, respectively, for a bumper facer of a front bumper.
The front body structure of a vehicle according to 5, further comprising upper coupling points and lower coupling points of said radiator core support panel to said front fenders,
- wherein said upper coupling points are provided at vehicular widthwise outside portions of said head-lamp units, respectively.
An assembling method of a front body of a vehicle, comprising:
- coupling a radiator core support panel to front end portions of front side members;
- said radiator core support panel including a movable structural member and head-lamp units are mounted on said movable structural member at both vehicular widthwise sides of said radiator core support panel, respectively;
- moving head-lamp units relative to front fenders, to thereby aligningly adjust relation between said head-lamp units and said front fenders while moving at least in a vehicular widthwise direction and a vehicular fore-and-aft direction through said movable structural member of said radiator core support panel, respectively, positional relation between said head-lamp units and said movable structural member being maintained;
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- coupling said radiator core support panel to said front fenders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.