Patent ID: 8256831
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle body front structure comprising: left and right front side frames extending longitudinally of a vehicle body; left and right upper members disposed on respective external sides of the left and right front side frames and extending in an upward slope toward a rear of the vehicle body; mounting plates mounted on front ends of the left and right front side frames and front ends of the left and right upper members; left and right internal extension members provided to the mounting plates near to a vehicle widthwise center; and left and right external extension members provided to the mounting plates so as to be outside of the internal extension members, wherein the left and right internal extension members protrude toward a front of the vehicle body from front ends of the left and right front side frames while the left and right external extension members protrude toward the front of the vehicle body from front ends of the left and right upper members, each of the mounting plates is a single plate bent at a central portion thereof and having an internal mounting part inclined from the central portion of the mounting plate toward the front of the vehicle body and an external mounting part extending parallel to a vehicle width direction line of the vehicle body, wherein the internal mounting part corresponds in position to the front end of a corresponding one of the left and right front side frames and the external mounting part corresponds in position to the front end of a corresponding one of the left and right upper members; the internal extension members are tubular members and each are disposed on the internal mounting part of a corresponding one of the mounting plates; the external extension members are tubular members and are each disposed on the exterior mounting part of a corresponding one of the mounting plates; and, each of the internal extension members includes a front lid closing a front end of the tubular member.