Patent ID: 6994374

Claim:
A front body structure for a vehicle, comprising: a pair of side members arranged on both sides of a front compartment of the vehicle to extend in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle; a front-end member connected to respective front ends of the side members so as to be laid across the side members; an extension side member arranged behind each of the side members in succession; a side sill arranged outside the extension side member in a width direction of the vehicle so as to extend substantially parallel to the extension side member; an outrigger connected to both a front end of the extension side member and a front end of the side sill; a suspension arm attached to each of the side members through an arm support member; a front wheel supported by the suspension arm and disposed between the outrigger and one outer end of the front-end member in the width direction of the vehicle; and a front-wheel movement promoting mechanism arranged between the front wheel and the arm support member, for promoting a backward movement of the front wheel, the backward movement being caused by a collision load acting on the front wheel while being accompanied with a backward deformation of the outer end of the front-end member, wherein the front-wheel movement promoting mechanism is disposed on the arm support member so as to promote a revolution movement of the front wheel in which a front end of the front wheel moves outwardly so that the front wheel abuts against the side sill.