Vehicle body front part structure
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorMichihiro Sogabe
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Abstract
A vehicle body front part structure has an apron side panel 5 joined to an apron side member 4 extending along the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a tray 14 for battery supported on the apron side member 4. In the front part structure, a leg part 16 is provided in an tray body part 15, a lower end part 16K of the leg part 16 is fixed to the apron side member 4 with a fixing member B, and the leg part 16 is formed of a plate material so that the deformation of the apron side member 4 is allowed when a vehicle longitudinal force is applied to the apron side member 4.
Claims8
A vehicle body front part structure comprising:
- an apron side panel, the apron side panel joined by welding to an apron side member extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the vehicle having a vehicle front side and a vehicle rear side spaced apart from the vehicle front side in the longitudinal direction;
- and
- a tray for a battery, the tray supported on the apron side member, the tray having a tray body part and a leg part, the leg part having a lower end part and an upper end part wider than the lower end part, the lower end part of the leg part fixed to the apron side member by a fixing member, the upper end part of the leg part fixed to the tray body part, the leg part formed of one metallic plate so that deformation of the apron side member is allowed when a force in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is applied to the apron side member,
- wherein a plate surface of the leg part is directed along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle,
- wherein the leg part has two lateral end parts at opposite sides of the leg part and a central part located between the lateral end parts, each lateral end part extending in a direction between the upper end part of the leg part and the lower end part of the leg part, and
- wherein the leg part defines a transverse cross section in a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and the leg part is formed into a mountain shape that is convex to the vehicle rear side in the transverse cross section, such that in the transverse cross section, both of the lateral end parts of the leg part are bent toward the vehicle front side with respect to the central part of the leg part.
A vehicle body front part structure comprising:
- an apron side panel, the apron side panel joined by welding to an apron side member extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the vehicle having a vehicle front side and a vehicle rear side spaced apart from the vehicle front side in the longitudinal direction;
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- a tray for a battery, the tray supported on the apron side member, the tray having a leg part, the tray having a tray body part, the leg part provided at the tray body part, the leg part having a lower end part and an upper end part wider than the lower end part, the lower end part of the leg part fixed to the apron side member with a fixing member, the upper end part of the leg part fixed to the tray body part, the leg part formed of multiple vertically long members so that the deformation of the apron side member is allowed when a force in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is applied to the apron side member,
- wherein the leg part has two lateral end parts at opposite sides of the leg part and a central part located between the lateral end parts, each lateral end part extending in a direction between the upper end part of the leg part and the lower end part of the leg part, and
- wherein the leg part defines a transverse cross section in a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and the leg part is formed into a mountain shape that is convex to the vehicle rear side in the transverse cross section, such that in the transverse cross section, both of the lateral end parts of the leg part are bent toward the vehicle front side with respect to the central part of the leg part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.