US 9,539,968 B2Granted

Vehicle front section structure

AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsGen Nishida, Nobuaki Matsui, Reiji Iwaihara, Tatsuya Ayukawa

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Abstract

A vehicle front section structure includes a front side member that is formed with a front flange at a vehicle front-rear direction front end; a crash box that is joined to the front flange at a rear flange formed at a vehicle front-rear direction rear end; and a coupling member that is joined to a fender apron section at a vehicle rear end. The coupling member includes a joining plate formed at a vehicle front end side joined to the front flange in an interposed state between the front flange and the rear flange, with a front end side of a portion of the coupling member positioned at a vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member angled such that in plan view a rear side is separated further to the vehicle width direction outer side from the front side member than the vehicle front side.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A vehicle front section structure comprising:

a front side member that is formed with a front flange at a vehicle front-rear direction front side;
a crash box that is joined to the front flange at a rear flange formed at a vehicle front-rear direction rear side;
and
a coupling member that is formed with a closed cross-section structure by an inner panel and an outer panel, that is joined to a fender apron section at a vehicle front-rear direction rear side, the coupling member including a joining plate extending from a vehicle front-rear direction front side end portion of the inner panel and curving in a direction inwardly toward a vehicle width direction inner side, and the joining plate being joined to the front flange in an interposed state between the front flange and the rear flange,
wherein a vehicle front-rear direction front side of a portion of the coupling member is positioned at a vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member angled such that, in plan view, a vehicle front-rear direction rear side is separated further to the vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member than the vehicle front-rear direction front side.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/763,387Filed 8 Jan 2014
Priority: JP 2013-01262025 Jan 2013
Published: US 2015/0360633 A117 Dec 2015
Granted: 10 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B60R 19/34
Comprising yieldable mounting means: destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type
B62D 21/152
Having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body: front…
B62D 25/08
Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for: front or rear portions
B62D 25/082
Front or rear portions: engine compartments