Patent ID: 6880663

Claim:
A vehicle front structure comprising: a side member to be placed to extend in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle, the side member including a support portion to support a power unit at a support point, and a weak section which is formed in front of the support point, and which is weakened in an upper side and lateral sides of the side member with respect to a lower side of the side member, wherein the weak section includes an upper portion extending in the upper side of the side member in a widthwise direction of the side member, and lateral portions extending downwards, respectively, from both ends of the upper portion toward a lower portion in the lower side of the side member, and the upper and lateral portions are weakened as compared to the lower portion, wherein the side member extends from a front end to a rear end in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle in an assembled state in which the vehicle front structure is a part of the vehicle, and the weak section is located between the front end of the side member and the support point, near the support point, wherein the side member is in the form of a box beam of panels joined together; the side member includes a front section extending from the weak section toward the front end of the side member, and a rear section extending from the weak section toward the rear end of the side member; and the upper and lateral portions of the weak section are differentiated in one of shape and material, to lower the strength, from the front and rear sections of the side member and the lower portion of the weak section, and wherein each of the upper portion and the lateral portions of the weak section of the side member is a bead portion which is a depressed panel portion depressed inwards, and the lower portion of the weak section is a bulged panel portion bulged outwards.