Patent ID: 8757705

Claim:
A vehicle body front structure comprising: a dashboard lower member and a dashboard upper member separating an engine compartment and a passenger compartment; front pillars disposed at left and right ends of the dashboard lower member and the dashboard upper member; upper members extending from the front pillars toward a front side of a vehicle body; a windshield support disposed on an upper portion of the dashboard upper member; and a windshield disposed on the windshield support, wherein L-shaped cross-sectional frames extend from the upper members to the front pillars, and the upper members include upper surfaces and outer surfaces, and the front pillars include upper surfaces and outer surfaces, including upper surface connecting portions contiguous with the upper surfaces of the upper members and the upper surfaces of the front pillars, and outer surface connecting portions contiguous with the outer surfaces of the upper members and the outer surfaces of the front pillars, the upper surface connecting portions being coupled via the dashboard upper member to the damper bases on sides of the damper bases, the outer surface connecting portions being coupled to the dashboard upper member on sides of the front pillars, wherein the windshield has a convex center portion projecting forward of the vehicle body between left and right sides thereof, and the windshield is curved and extends rearward from a front side of the dashboard lower member, wherein the dashboard upper member and the windshield support have respective rear end flanges coupled together, the rear end flanges of the dashboard upper member and the windshield support define a coupling portion with an air passage defined forward of the coupling portion, the coupling portion has left and right sides defining projecting portions projecting rearward relative to the dashboard lower member, and wherein the dashboard lower member includes an upper end flange having a center coupled to the rear end flanges of the dashboard upper member and the windshield support and left and right side portions coupled to bottom surfaces of the projecting portions, and the dashboard lower member is flat between left and right sides thereof.