Patent ID: 8029050
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle front structure, comprising: a structural member that is disposed forward of a cabin of a vehicle and that extends in a vehicle width direction; a front pillar that is provided at each of two opposite ends of the structural member in the vehicle width direction and that extends in a height direction of the vehicle; a pillar brace which has a first end portion that is provided at a cabin side and that is coupled to the structural member, and which has a second end portion that is provided at an outer side of the first end portion in the vehicle width direction and that is coupled to a cabin-side surface of the front pillar, and a reinforcement member that raises at least a strength of the cabin-side surface and a front surface of the front pillar, the reinforcement member being provided at a height at which the front pillar and the pillar brace are connected to each other, wherein the structural member includes: wherein the reinforcement member is provided within the front pillar at such a position as to overlap with the height at which the front pillar and the pillar brace are coupled to each other, and has a cabin-side surface portion facing a cabin-side surface of an interior of the front pillar, and a front surface portion facing a front-side surface of the interior of the front pillar, and wherein the cabin-side surface portion and the front surface portion of the reinforcement member are provided with generally triangular flange portions that are protruded inward from an upper end portion and a lower end portion, respectively, of each of the cabin-side surface portion and the front surface portion, and that extend from an outer-side portion of a front end of the reinforcement member in the vehicle width direction to a cabin-side portion of a rear end of the reinforcement member.