Patent ID: 7997366

Claim:
A vehicle body structure of a vehicle including an engine, comprising: a dash panel partitioning an engine chamber of the vehicle from a vehicle interior and having a dash panel width in a width direction of the vehicle; an engine intake manifold disposed in the engine chamber and having a first edge and an opposed second edge in the width direction of the vehicle defining an engine intake manifold width; an air box including a bottom wall, at least one front wall and a back wall defined by at least a portion of the dash panel, the air box extending in the width direction of the vehicle and located above the dash panel; and a linking member connected at one end to the dash panel and the air box and having a linking member width in the width direction of the vehicle smaller than both the dash panel width and the engine intake manifold width, at least a portion of the linking member over lapping a portion of a width of the vehicle defined by the first edge and the second edge of the engine intake manifold.