Patent ID: 8857902
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. A front vehicle body structure comprising, on each of left and right sides of a vehicle body: a front side frame extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body; a gusset disposed outward, in a vehicle width direction, of the front side frame, the gusset transmitting a frontal collision load to the front side frame when the frontal collision load has acted on a portion of the vehicle located outward, in the vehicle width direction, of the front side frame, the gusset being offset in a rearward direction of the vehicle body from a distal end of the front side frame by a predetermined distance; and a tension member extending between and interconnecting the distal end of the front side frame and an outer end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the gusset, the tension member preventing the gusset from peeling off the front side frame, wherein the front side frame includes a gusset joint section, an engine mount section and a bending section disposed between the gusset joint section and the engine mount section, the gusset joint section having a high strength by having the gusset joined thereto, the engine mount section having a high strength for mounting an engine thereon at a position rearward of the gusset joint section, and the front side frame configured to bend at the bending section when the frontal collision load has acted on the front side frame.