Patent ID: 8905466

Claim:
A front vehicle body structure comprising: left and right front side frames disposed on left and right sides of a front section of the vehicle body and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body; a lower dashboard panel disposed behind the left and right front side frames and partitioning the vehicle body into front and rear sections; a floor panel extending rearward from a lower portion of the lower dashboard panel; a tunnel section disposed on a middle region, in a vehicle width direction, of the floor panel and extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body; and left and right side sills disposed on opposite sides, in the vehicle width direction, of the floor panel and extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, wherein: the left and right front side frames are each formed in a closed sectional shape and have, in rear half portions thereof, left and right curved sections, respectively, extending rearward while curving from outside to inside in the vehicle width direction, left and right reinforcing members are provided within the left and right curved sections, respectively, each of the left and right reinforcing members extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body from a portion, at the front of the left or right curved section, of an inner wall located inward in the vehicle width direction, of the left or right front side frame to a portion, at the rear of the left or right curved section, of an outer wall, located outward in the vehicle width direction, of the left or right front side frame, the front vehicle body structure further comprises: left and right side-sill-side extensions bent rearward and outward in the vehicle width direction from rear ends of the left and right front side frames, respectively, continuously with the closed sections of the left and right front side frames, the left and right side-sill-side extensions being bent from the rear ends of the left and right front side frames rearwardly and outwardly in the vehicle width direction to slantingly extend rearward and outward in the vehicle width direction to be joined the left and right side sills, respectively; and left and right tunnel-side extensions branching from inner walls, located inward in the vehicle width direction, of the bent portions of the left and right side-sill-side extensions and slantingly extending rearward and inward in the vehicle width direction to be joined to the tunnel section, and an angle at which each of the left and right tunnel-side extensions slants inward in the vehicle width direction is set substantially equal to an angle at which each of the left and right side-sill-side extensions slants outward in the vehicle width direction.