Patent ID: 9254801
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B60R,B62D

Claim Text:
1. A front vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising: a pair of right-and-left side frames extending longitudinally at a front portion of a vehicle body; a bumper beam extending in a vehicle width direction and attached to front ends of the pair of right-and-left side frames; a pair of right-and-left brackets attached to the pair of right-and-left side frames or a suspension cross member attached to the pair of right-and-left side frames and extending obliquely downward and forward; and a stiffener extending in the vehicle width direction, arranged below the bumper beam, and attached to front ends of the pair of right-and-left brackets, wherein said stiffener has a closed cross section extending in the vehicle width direction substantially over an whole length thereof and is configured in an elevational view such that an upper face of a central portion thereof in the vehicle width direction is concaved and a lower face thereof extends horizontally substantially straightly, and said central portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the stiffener is configured such that a distance between the upper face and the lower face thereof is smaller than a distance between the upper face and lower face of the other part of the stiffener and a longitudinal width thereof is larger than a longitudinal width of the other part of the stiffener.