Patent ID: 8118353

Claim:
A mounting structure for positioning a front panel on a front body to occlude an opening of the front body, the front body arranged in a vehicle-width direction, the structure comprising: a first mount portion provided to the front panel; at least two second mount portions provided at both sides in the vehicle-width direction of the first mount portion on an upper fringe portion of the front panel; a first mount-base portion comprising a clip member which is provided to an upper fringe portion of the opening of the front body and engaged with the first mount portion when the front panel is positioned on the front body and occludes the opening; and at least two second mount-base portions comprising pins which are provided at both sides in the vehicle-width direction of the clip member on the upper fringe portion of the opening and respectively engaged with the second mount portions when the front panel is positioned on the front body, wherein the first mount portion includes a flange portion which protrudes toward the clip member which includes a pair of sandwiching portions positioned away from the flange portion prior to the positioning the front panel on the front body, the positioning of the front panel and the front body in a front-rear direction of a vehicle is performed by inserting the flange portion between the sandwiching portions so that the flange portion is sandwiched in a longitudinal direction to restrict movement of the front panel in the longitudinal direction, each of the pins includes a locking portion and a protruding portion which protrudes toward each of the second mount portions, each of the second mount portions comprises: an engaging portion which engages with the locking portion to restrict movement of the front panel downward and in the vehicle-width direction, and a hole portion, the positioning of the front panel on the front body in a downward direction of the vehicle and the vehicle-width direction is performed by inserting the protruding portion into the hole portion which regulates an insertion direction of the protruding portion and guides the front panel that is moving upward.