Patent ID: 8672393

Claim:
A front vehicle body structure comprising: a sub frame disposed in front of a floor of a passenger compartment of a vehicle and extending in a left-right direction of the vehicle to be mounted to left and right front side frames that extend forward from the passenger compartment; and left and right side beams extending from the sub frame to a front frame section of the front vehicle body structure, each of the side beams including: a lower impact absorbing bar member having a horizontal intermediate portion joined to and extending forward from a front wall of the sub frame facing forward of the vehicle, and a slanting portion extending obliquely upward and forward continuously from the horizontal intermediate portion; and a bent impact absorbing member joined to the slanting portion and to the front frame section and having a smaller mechanical strength against an impact, input to a front surface of the vehicle, than the lower impact absorbing bar member, the bent impact absorbing member extending obliquely upward and forward from the slanting portion of the lower impact absorbing bar member, wherein the slanting portion and a part of the horizontal intermediate portion located adjoining the slanting portion of the lower impact absorbing bar member are fitted in and joined to the bent impact absorbing member, and wherein the bent impact absorbing member has a front portion in which the lower impact absorbing bar member is not fitted, and a boundary portion where the bent impact absorbing member starts to be overlapped with the slanting portion of the lower impact absorbing bar member, the front portion of the bent impact absorbing member having a front end portion located higher than the boundary portion.