Patent ID: 6866115

Claim:
A front body structure for vehicle, comprising; a front wheel arranged in each side of the vehicle; vehicle-body structural members comprising a side sill arranged behind the front wheel in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction and a side member inside the front wheels in a vehicle's width direction, the side member including an energy absorbing section which absorbs a collision energy and an energy un-absorbing section which does not absorb a collision energy; and a front-wheel traverse controller provided on the vehicle-body structural members, comprising an outside projecting portion projecting forwardly from a front end of the side sill in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction, for controlling the traverse of the front wheel at a vehicle front collision to transmit a collision load from a front end of the front wheel to a side face of the energy un-absorbing section of the side member and to transmit a collision load from a rear end of the front wheel to a front end of the side sill.