US 9,004,576 B2Granted

Vehicle front structure

AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsKosuke Sakakibara, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Akihiro Tamaoki, Kenjiro Yamada, Shintaro Kitakata, Yasuyuki Hihara, Yasutaka Hasegawa

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Abstract

When a collision load is transmitted to a gusset, the load is transmitted to an inner side in a vehicle width direction via an inclined wall. Accordingly, moment that causes a front side member to be projected and bent inward to the inner side in the vehicle width direction with an intersection being a starting point acts on the front side member. Then, the front side member, which has been projected and bent inward, collides with a power unit that is disposed in an engine compartment from an outer side in the vehicle width direction. Accordingly, a lateral force to the inner side in the vehicle width direction can be obtained for a vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle front structure comprising:

a front side member extending along a vehicle front-rear direction;
a bumper reinforcement extending along a vehicle width direction, the bumper reinforcement disposed forward in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the front side member;
a gusset disposed on an outer side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the front side member, the gusset disposed rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the bumper reinforcement, the gusset separated from the bumper reinforcement, wherein
a front end of the gusset in the vehicle front-rear direction is arranged forward in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to a front end of the front side member in the vehicle front-rear direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.