Patent ID: 7296824

Claim:
A front body structure for a vehicle, comprising: a front side frame extending in a longitudinal direction of a body of the vehicle; a bumper beam extending in a transverse direction of the body of the vehicle; a front pillar disposed upwardly and rearwardly of the front side frame; and an upper member having upper and lower ends extending from attachment at the upper end with the front pillar to connection at the lower end to the bumper beam via a connecting member and the front side frame, said upper member having an upper part and a lower part including the lower end, said lower part being curved downward and said upper part being curved upward, said lower and upper parts with curvatures downward and upward, respectively, being such that the upper member in total has a rectilinear configuration and is arranged to slope upward in a rearward direction to said front pillar, the lower end of the upper member having a front end enlarged in a vertical direction so that the front end has a larger height than the remaining part of the upper member, the lower part of the upper member including a flared portion in vertical direction extending forwardly toward the vertically enlarged front end.