Patent ID: 7147275

Claim:
A front part structure of a vehicle body, comprising: right and left front side frames disposed on right and left sides of a front part of the vehicle body, respectively, and extending in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body; right and left front upper members disposed transversely outwardly of and above the right and left front side frames, respectively, and extending in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body; right and left front pillars joined to right and left rear end portions of the right and left front upper members, respectively; right and left front damper housings extending between the right front side frame and the right front upper member and between the left front side frame and the left upper member, respectively; a dashboard disposed rearwardly of the right and left front damper housings and partitioning the front part of the vehicle body into an engine compartment defined forwardly of the dashboard and a passenger compartment defined rearwardly of the dashboard; right and left reinforcing members extending between the right front upper member and a right joining portion where the right front side frame and the right front damper housing are joined together and between the left front upper member and a left joining portion where the left front side frame and the left front damper housing are joined together, respectively; the right and left reinforcing members being joined to rear parts of the right and left front damper housings therealong; the dashboard being adjacent to the rear parts of the right and left front damper housings; the dashboard having an upper end portion bulged in a rearward direction of the vehicle body, the bulged upper end portion of the dashboard covering each of upper portions of the right and left reinforcing members with a constant interval provided therebetween; the bulged upper end portion of the dashboard being joined to the right and left front upper members and the right and left front damper housings; the right and left reinforcing members being combined with the bulged upper end portion of the dashboard to form right and left closed cross-sectional members, the right closed cross-sectional member being directed towards the right front pillar and extending from the right joining portion to the right front upper member, the left closed cross-sectional member being directed towards the left front pillar and extending from the left joining portion to the left front upper member; and the right and left closed cross-sectional members each taking the form of a substantially straight line as viewed in all of front elevation, top plan and side elevation.