Patent ID: 7552964

Claim:
A front windshield support structure of a vehicle, comprising: a dashboard upper part including a reinforcing part, and a windshield support, the reinforcing part is defined to have a box-shaped cross section by a reinforcing beam being connected to the dashboard upper part; and a lower end of a front windshield being supported on an upper portion of the reinforcing part via the windshield support; wherein the windshield support includes a front-side member and a rear-side member whose upper portions supporting the front windshield are connected to each other and whose lower portions are connected to the upper portion of the reinforcing part, wherein the front-side member is bent into a chevron shape in cross section such that a vertically intermediate part thereof projects forward, the rear-side member is bent into a chevron shape in cross section such that a vertically intermediate part thereof projects rearward, and the front-side member and the rear-side member form a box-shaped cross section, and wherein when a vertical compressive force acts upon the windshield the vertically intermediate part of the front-side member and the vertically intermediate part of the rear-side member move in opposite directions such that the windshield support vertically collapses to a substantially flattened position to thereby absorb the shock from the compressive force.