Patent ID: 8240747
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mounting structure of a front body frame of a vehicle, in which a circumference of an engine compartment includes a pair of side members arranged at respective lower sides of an engine compartment, a dash panel arranged to form a boundary between the engine compartment and a vehicle compartment, a pair of tire aprons arranged at an upper side of the respective side members, a pair of shock absorber covers arranged on respective tire aprons, and a cowl panel arranged at an upper side of the dash panel, the mounting structure comprising: a pair of support members each contacting a respective tire apron and each having a lower part affixed to a respective side member and an upper part affixed to the dash panel; a cowl member having two edges each connected to an upper side of a respective support member by welding and arranged to support a lower side of the cowl panel; a pair of side frames each arranged at a lower side of a respective side member substantially aligned with the respective lower parts of the support members; and a cross member arranged to interconnect each of the lower parts of the side frames; wherein the cowl member, the support members, the side frames and the cross member form a closed loop at a front of the dash panel and a mounting portion of a front shock absorber is connected to a circumference portion of the closed loop.