Patent ID: 9132862
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B62D,E05B

Abstract:
1. A vehicle front body structure comprising: a hood for covering a top of an engine compartment provided in a front section of a vehicle; a bumper face forming an outer surface of a front section of a vehicle body, at a position under a front end of the hood; a grill formed in front of the engine compartment and between the hood and the bumper face; an engagement element provided on a front section of the hood; a radiator shroud provided in a front section of the engine compartment; an engagement counterpart element provided in front of the radiator shroud and engageable with the engagement element; a wire arranged to extend from a lateral side of the radiator shroud and pass through a position in front of the radiator shroud, and coupled to the engagement counterpart element; and a support supporting the engagement counterpart element with respect to the radiator shroud, wherein: the grill has a plurality of air inlet openings for introducing air into the engine compartment; the support has a protruding portion which protrudes toward a position capable of hindering at least a part of the wire from being visually seen from a front side of the vehicle body through the air inlet openings; the wire comprises a hood release wire configured to be pulled during opening of the hood, thereby releasing an engagement between the engagement element and the engagement counterpart element, and a burglar alarm wire through which current conduction state is changed during improper opening of the hood; and the radiator shroud has a first guide portion protruding in a frontward direction of the vehicle body, at a position spaced apart from the engagement counterpart element in one of opposite directions along a vehicle width direction, and a second guide portion protruding in the frontward direction of the vehicle body, at a position spaced apart from the engagement counterpart element in the other direction along the vehicle width direction, and wherein: the hood release wire is arranged on a front surface of an upper portion of the radiator shroud to extend from the engagement counterpart element in the one direction along the vehicle width direction and pass through a position below the first guide portion; the burglar alarm wire is arranged on the front surface of the upper portion of the radiator shroud to extend from the engagement counterpart element in the other direction along the vehicle width direction and pass through a position above the second guide portion; a coupling position between the hood release wire and the engagement counterpart element is set above the first guide portion; and the protruding portion is disposed to cover at least a range from a position on a line connecting an uppermost inner edge of the plurality of air inlet openings and the hood release wire to a position on a line connecting a lowermost outer edge of the plurality of air inlet openings and the hood release wire.