Patent ID: 11858555
Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A front body structure of a vehicle comprising:
a dash member that extends in a vehicle width direction and separates a vehicle interior from an engine room;
a pair of left and right front side frames that extend forward in a vehicle front-rear direction from left and right end portions of the dash member;
a pair of left and right suspension tower members fixed to the pair of front side frames, the pair of left and right suspension tower members projecting upward to support upper portions of dampers of a suspension device; and
a first coupling member that couples the dash member to a suspension member, wherein
the first coupling member has a reinforced layer portion made of fiber reinforced plastic in which fibers are impregnated with a synthetic resin material, and
the fibers of the reinforced layer portion are oriented so that more fibers extend in a longitudinal direction than extend in directions other than the longitudinal direction, wherein a ratio of a volume of the reinforced layer portion to a volume of the first coupling member is set to 80% or more.