Patent ID: 8888168

Claim:
A front vehicle body structure comprising: a front side frame disposed at a front of a vehicle body on each side of a power unit in a vehicle width direction, the front side frame extending substantially in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle; and a load transfer member disposed outside in the vehicle width direction, near a front end of the front side frame, a rear end of the load transfer member being fixed to an outer lateral side of the front side frame in the vehicle width direction at a fixed position, the fixed position being located forwardly of a center position of the power unit in the fore-and-aft direction, a front end of the load transfer member being disposed forwardly of the rear end in the fore-and-aft direction and outwardly of the rear end in the vehicle width direction, wherein the front end of the load transfer member is disposed to be opposed to, and spaced apart from, a rear surface of a front bumper beam, and an impact load to the front end of the load transfer member in a rearward direction of the vehicle causes a vicinity area of the fixed position of the front side frame to the rear end to be displaced in a direction in which the vicinity area approaches the power unit.