IP Library Granted Patent US 8,727,428
Granted Patent B2
US 8,727,428 · App. 13/612,110 · Granted May 20, 2014

Front part body structure of vehicle

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Patent No.
US 8,727,428
App. No.
13/612,110
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A front part body structure of a vehicle, includes: an upper frame which is extended in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, one end of which is joined to a front pillar, and which includes an inner panel and an outer panel, the outer panel that is divided in a dividing part in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a first partition wall which is provided between the inner panel and the outer panel, one end of which is joined to the inner panel, and the other end of which is fastened and fixed to the dividing part of the outer panel by means of a fastening member.

Claims (12)

1. A front part body structure of a vehicle, comprising:

an upper frame extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, one end of which being joined to a front pillar, and including an inner panel and an outer panel, the outer panel being divided into a front outer panel and a rear outer panel at a dividing part in the outer panel; and

a first partition wall provided separately from the outer panel and between the inner panel and the outer panel, one end of which being joined to the inner panel, and the other end of which being fastened and fixed to the dividing part of the outer panel by means of a fastening member,

wherein the front outer panel, the rear outer panel, and the first partition wall overlap at the dividing part.

2. The front part body structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second partition wall provided closer to a front end of the vehicle than the first partition wall, and one end of the second partition wall is joined to the inner panel, wherein

the front outer panel is fixed to the second partition wall, and

a rear end of the rear outer panel is joined to the front pillar, and a front end of the rear outer panel is joined to a rear end of the front outer panel and is fastened and fixed to the first partition wall by means of the fastening member.

3. The front part body structure according to claim 2 , wherein the rear end of the front outer panel and the front end of the rear outer panel are fastened and fixed to the first partition wall by means of the fastening member.

4. The front part body structure according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first partition wall and the second partition wall is joined to a suspension support panel positioned closer to a center line of the vehicle extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle than the inner panel and on which a suspension is mounted, through the inner panel.

5. The front part body structure according to claim 2 , wherein a wall thickness of the rear outer panel is larger than a wall thickness of the front outer panel.

6. The front part body structure according to claim 2 , wherein the first partition wall and the second partition wall are arranged at such positions that a strut fitting part which is formed in a suspension support panel is interposed between the first partition wall and the second partition wall in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055472/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2012
From: TAKEUCHI, HIDEKI; MATSUI, AKIHIRO
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 028952/0515 →