Patent ID: 8029046
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A front vehicle body structure comprising: a dashboard panel partitioning between an engine compartment and a passenger compartment; left and right front side frames extending from the dashboard panel toward a front of the vehicle body; left and right side sills extending from the dashboard panel toward a rear of the vehicle body; and a connection member extending, through an interior space of the dashboard panel, to linearly interconnect a horizontal rear end portion of each of the left and right front side frames and a front end portion of a corresponding one of the left and right side sills, wherein the connection member is not only connected at opposite end portions thereof to left and right rear arch sections of the dashboard panel but also fixed to a front side frame covering member from which the left and right front side frames are extended forward, the connection member being sandwiched between the front side frame covering member and a central panel section of the dashboard panel.