Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle front structure
- Patent Title (中): 车辆前部结构
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Application No.: US11826166Application Date: 2007-07-12
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Publication No.: US07488016B2Publication Date: 2009-02-10
- Inventor: Takayuki Nakamae , Toshio Sakamoto , Yasunori Kageyama , Naoaki Yamamoto , Soukichi Kikuchi , Hiroshi Sogabe
- Applicant: Takayuki Nakamae , Toshio Sakamoto , Yasunori Kageyama , Naoaki Yamamoto , Soukichi Kikuchi , Hiroshi Sogabe
- Applicant Address: JP Hiroshima
- Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hiroshima
- Priority: JP2006-193801 20060714
- Main IPC: B60R19/02
- IPC: B60R19/02

Abstract:
Disclosed is a vehicle front structure, which comprises a synthetic resin shroud 3 formed to support a heat exchanger and mounted to a vehicle body in a front of an engine compartment, a bumper fascia disposed in a front end of the vehicle body, a plate member 20 which has a front end located adjacent to a rear surface of the bumper fascia and a rear end attached to a lower shroud section 5, and a connection member 30 which connects a lower end region of a lateral surface of a side shroud section 6 to a non-abutted portion 13c formed in a flange 13 of a bumper reinforcement 10. The vehicle front structure of the present invention can suppress displacement of the shroud during a frontal impact with a pedestrian or an obstacle such as a curb.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080012363A1 Vehicle front structure Public/Granted day:2008-01-17
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