Patent ID: 8496287
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. A front vehicle body structure comprising, on each of left and right sides: a front side frame that extends toward a rear of a vehicle from a lower front of the vehicle to a lower portion of a front pillar; an upper member that extends from the lower front to a central portion of the front pillar outwardly with respect to the front side frame; a frame connecting member that couples an upper front end of the upper member to a front-frame front end of the front side frame; and an impact absorbing mechanism coupled to the frame connecting member and coupled to an end of a bumper beam, wherein the impact absorbing mechanism has a closed cross-sectional shape in frontal view of the vehicle, the impact absorbing mechanism includes an external wall and an internal wall, the external wall is substantially straight with respect to an upper internal wall of the upper member such that the frame connecting member is disposed therebetween, the internal wall has a shape in which at least a front portion of the internal wall between a central portion of the internal wall in its longitudinal direction and the bumper beam is obliquely bent outward, the impact absorbing mechanism includes an internal member including the internal wall, an external member including the external wall, and a partition between the internal member and the external member, the internal wall of the internal member is substantially straight with respect to a front frame internal wall of the front side frame such that the frame connecting member is disposed therebetween, and the external member and the partition are substantially parallel with a central axis of the vehicle in its width direction.