Patent ID: 6808229
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A front vehicle frame structure comprising:first and second front side members arranged to extend in a front to rear direction of a vehicle, each of the first and second front side members being a continuous structure including a front end portion and a rear end section; first and second side frame members arranged to extend in the front to rear direction of the vehicle underneath and substantially parallel to the first and second front side members, respectively, each of the first and second side frame members being a continuous structure including a front end portion and a rear end portion; a center cross member having a first end section coupled to the first front side member at a position between the front end portion and the rear end section of the first front side member and coupled to the first side frame member at a position between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the first side frame member, the center cross member having a second end section coupled to the second front side member at a position between the front end portion and the rear end section of the second front side member and coupled to the second side frame member at a position between the front end portion and a rear end portion of the second side frame member, the first and second side frame members being vertically aligned with the first and second front side members, respectively, the front end portion of the first front side member being coupled to the front end portion of the first side frame member at a position in front of the center cross member relative to the front to rear direction of the vehicle, and the rear section of the first front side member being coupled to the rear portion of the first side frame member at a position behind the center cross member relative to the front to rear direction of the vehicle, the front end portion of the second front side member being coupled to the front end portion of the second side frame member at a position in front of the center cross member relative to the front to rear direction of the vehicle, and the rear section of the second front side member being coupled to the rear portion of the second side frame member at a position behind the center cross member relative to the front to rear direction of the vehicle, and the first and second front side members, the first and second side frame members and the center member of the front vehicle frame structure being configured and arranged to define an unobstructed engine receiving space between the first and second front side members and the first and second side frame members and above the center cross member.