Patent ID: 7390047
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A front part structure of a vehicle body, comprising: a dash panel partitioning a passenger compartment and an engine space; a dashboard upper part disposed on an upper part of the dash panel in such a manner as to extend laterally of the vehicle body; and right and left damper housings to which upper parts of shock absorbers are allowed to be attached, the damper housings forming sidewalls that partly define the engine space, wherein the dashboard upper part includes: a front part forming a fore-part of the dashboard upper part and extending laterally of the vehicle body to the right and left damper housings; and a reinforcing beam member attached to the right and left damper housings and lying on the front part so as to form, jointly with the front part, a beam part having a first closed cross section and extending between the right and left damper housings.