Patent ID: 6843524

Claim:
A front body structure for a vehicle, comprising: a front-compartment framework member forming a front compartment of the vehicle; a floor framework member forming a cabin floor of the vehicle; a subframe arranged on the underside of the front compartment of the vehicle so as to span both of the front-compartment framework member and the floor framework member, the subframe being joined to both of the front-compartment framework member and the floor framework member and also having a pair of left-and-right side frames both extending in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle and a rear frame arranged on the rear side of the subframe to connect the left-and-right side frames with each other in a width direction of the vehicle, the subframe further includes a pair of forked parts formed on respective rear sides of the left-and-right side frames, the forked parts each having an inside branch part extending toward the rear frame and an outside branch part projecting from the corresponding inside branch part outward in the width direction of the vehicle; and a vehicle unit component supported by the subframe, wherein the subframe is configured so that a collision load, which has been applied on one of the left-and-right side frames in an axial direction, is directed: along a first route, including the one side frame and the inside branch part of the respective forked part, toward on inside of the one side frame in the width direction of the vehicle to transmit the collision load to the other side frame through the rear frame, and along a second route, including the one side frame and the outside branch part of the respective forked part, toward an outside of the one side frame in the width direction of the vehicle to transmit the collision load to the floor framework member; and the floor framework member comprises: a pair of extension side members formed to extend from the respective rear ends of the left-and-right side members to the underface of the cabin floor in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle; a pair of side sills arranged on both sides of the cabin floor to extend in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle; and a pair of outriggers connecting the front ends of the extension side members with the front ends of the side sills respectively.