Patent ID: 8646554

Claim:
A radiator core support having a hood lock stay on the radiator core support of a motor vehicle, the hood lock stay being provided with a hood lock, wherein the radiator core support comprises a radiator core support main body and a hood lock stay member, wherein the radiator core support main body includes: a radiator core upper support extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle body, a radiator core lower support arranged below and parallel to the radiator core upper support, and radiator core side supports connecting end portions of the radiator core upper support and the radiator core lower support, wherein the hood lock stay member includes the hood lock stay, the hood lock provided on the hood lock stay being engageable with an engine hood, and a transmission element that connects the hood lock stay and side members of a vehicle body to transmit a load acting on the hood lock from the hood lock stay to the side members, wherein the radiator core support main body comprises side member attachment portions that are provided at intermediate portions of each radiator core side support and are fixed with the side members of the vehicle body, wherein the hood lock stay member comprises hood lock side stays that are arranged at positions higher than positions of the side member attachment portions and extend in the lateral direction of the vehicle body to be fixed with the radiator core side supports, and wherein the hood lock provided on each of the hood lock side stays, and hood stay brackets, acting as the transmission element, are connected in proximity to the hood locks of the hood lock side stays to extend toward the side member attachment portions comprising the hood stay brackets and fixed with the side members.