Patent ID: 8485591

Claim:
A front vehicle body comprising: left and right front side frames provided on left and right sides of a front part of a vehicle body and extending longitudinally of the vehicle body; a dashboard lower panel, disposed behind the left and right front side frames, for partitioning the vehicle body into front and rear parts; and left and right floor frames disposed behind the dashboard lower panel and extending longitudinally of the vehicle body, wherein each of the left and right front side frames comprises a hollow member of substantially quadrangular cross section, a cross member is provided on a rear end surface of the dashboard lower panel in such a manner as to extend transversely of the vehicle body, the dashboard lower panel has a lower part inclined rearwardly downwardly of the vehicle body, each of the left and right floor frames has a front end which extends forwardly upwardly of the vehicle body along the lower part of the dashboard lower panel and is joined via a respective one of left and a right adapters to a rear end of a respective one of the left and right front side frames, each of the left and right adapters is formed into a substantially box-shaped configuration so as to be joined to an end of a respective one of the left and right front side frames, each of the left and right adapters is joined to the cross member with the dashboard lower panel sandwiched therebetween, each of the left and right front side frames is comprised of a front-half portion and a rear-half portion continuing from a rear end of the front-half portion, the front-half portion being formed into a linear shape elongated longitudinally of the vehicle body, the rear-half portions being curved with vehicle-widthwise inside surfaces coming closer to each other toward a rear part thereof, and each of the left and right front side frames houses therein a stiffener extending linearly longitudinally of the vehicle body, the stiffener being joined at a front end to the rear end and a vehicle-widthwise inside wall of the front-half portion, and a rear end joined to a vehicle-widthwise outside wall of the respective adapter.