Patent ID: 7393016

Claim:
A front vehicle body structure comprising: a vehicle body frame including left and right front side frames; a subframe provided on an underside of said vehicle body frame and supporting an engine-transmission unit; an impact absorbing section formed by respective rear half portions of said left and right front side frames extending toward a rear of the vehicle body while gradually approaching a centerline of the vehicle body, said impact absorbing section preventing the engine-transmission unit from being displaced toward the rear of the vehicle body when a load has been applied from front ends of said left and right front side frames toward the rear of the vehicle body; and left and right mounting brackets provided, on the respective rear half portions of said left and right front side frames forming said impact absorbing section, to project toward the centerline of the vehicle body, said left and right mounting brackets being detachably connected to said subframe, wherein, when an impact load has been applied to said left and right front side frames, said left and right mounting brackets are detached from said subframe, and then the detached left and right mounting brackets are squashed by the engine-transmission unit while absorbing the impact.