Patent ID: 6398292
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B60N,B62D

Abstract:
An automotive vehicle body structure, comprisinga vehicle body main frame including a floor member defining a floor of a passenger compartment, a dashboard panel extending upright from a front end of the floor member, and a pair of front side beams extending between a front end of the vehicle body and the dashboard panel; a crash load transmitting member extending from a front end of the vehicle body to a portion of the crash load transmitting member adjacent to the floor member; a vehicle seat connected to the crash load transmitting member; a guide member fixedly attached to the vehicle body main frame, the guide member retains the crash load transmitting member by a retaining force that allows the crash load transmitting member to move rearward of the vehicle body when the crash load transmitting member is subjected to a rearward force exceeding a prescribed threshold level; and a stopper which is fixedly attached to the vehicle body main frame, and abuts a part of the crash load transmitting member upon a rearward movement of the crash load transmitting member by a prescribed distance; the prescribed threshold level being smaller than a level that will cause a collapsing deformation of the crash load transmitting member.