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US 8,801,082 B2Granted
Vehicle body front part structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorDaisuke Naoi
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Abstract
A vehicle body front part structure according to a first aspect of the present invention includes: a center frame which extends along a vertical direction of a vehicle, a top end flange part that bends toward a rear being formed on a top end of the center frame; and a dashboard lower which has a first vertical wall, a bent part that is bent toward the rear being formed on a top edge of the first vertical wall. The top end flange part and the bent part are joined overlapping each other, and a closed cross-section structure part is formed between the center frame and the bent part.
Claims10
A vehicle body front part structure comprising:
- a center frame which extends along a vertical direction of a vehicle, a top end flange part provided on a top end of the center frame and bending from the top end of the center frame toward a rearward direction of the vehicle;
- and a dashboard lower which separates a vehicle engine compartment from a vehicle cabin, the dashboard lower having a first vertical wall, the first vertical wall having a first surface facing the vehicle engine compartment and a second surface facing the vehicle cabin and the rearward direction of the vehicle, the first surface and the second surface of the first vertical wall oriented to extend in a vertical direction of the vehicle, the dashboard lower having a bent part provided on a top edge of the first vertical wall, the bent part bending from the top edge of the first vertical wall toward the rearward direction of the vehicle,
- wherein
- the top end flange part overlaps and connects to the bent part, a closed cross-section structure part is defined between the center frame and the bent part, and the center frame is disposed on the second surface of the first vertical wall.
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