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Granted Patent B2
US 10,668,956 · App. 16/039,695 · Granted Jun 2, 2020

Vehicle body front structure

Inventors: Takayuki Sekiya (Wako, JP); Akira Haga (Wako, JP); Katsuya Fujimori (Wako, JP); Tomoo Watanabe (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B62D25/2036B60K1/04B62D21/15B62D25/025B62D25/082B62D25/20B62D25/2045B60K2001/0438B60Y2306/01B62D25/2009
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Patent No.
US 10,668,956
App. No.
16/039,695
Granted
Jun 2, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body front structure includes paired left and right front side frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction and a crossmember that extends in a vehicle width direction and is suspended between the paired left and right front side frames. The front side frames respectively have side frame bend portions at rear portions thereof, the side frame bend portions bending inward in the vehicle width direction, and at least one of end portions of the crossmember in the vehicle width direction is connected to a corresponding one of the side frame bend portions.

Claims (47)

1. A vehicle body front structure comprising:

paired left and right front side frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction;

a crossmember that extends in a vehicle width direction and is suspended between the paired left and right front side frames; and

a floor panel having a raised portion that is raised upward,

wherein

the front side frames respectively have side frame bend portions at rear portions thereof, the side frame bend portions bending inward in the vehicle width direction,

at least one of end portions of the crossmember in the vehicle width direction is connected to a corresponding one of the side frame bend portions,

the floor panel has a step portion which is situated closer to a vehicle front than the raised portion and is at lower height than the raised portion, and

in a bottom view, the crossmember is disposed on a lower surface of the step portion and extends in the vehicle width direction.

2. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 1 , wherein

a vehicle front end portion of the crossmember has

a center portion extending straight in the vehicle width direction, and

crossmember bend portions that bend from the center portion to a vehicle front in a plan view.

3. The vehicle body front structure according to 1 , further comprising:

paired left and right outriggers connected to vehicle rear end portions of the respective front side frames; and

paired left and right side sills connected to outer portions of the respective outriggers in the vehicle width direction, wherein

the crossmember is fixed to portions at which the front side frames and the outriggers are fixed to each other.

4. A vehicle body front structure comprising:

paired left and right front side frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction;

a crossmember that extends in a vehicle width direction and is suspended between the paired left and right front side frames;

paired left and right outriggers connected to vehicle rear end portions of the respective front side frames;

paired left and right side sills connected to outer portions of the respective outriggers in the vehicle width direction;

a floor panel having a raised portion that is raised upward; and

a battery disposed on a lower surface of the floor panel in a bottom view,

wherein

the front side frames respectively have side frame bend portions at rear portions thereof, the side frame bend portions bending inward in the vehicle width direction,

at least one of end portions of the crossmember in the vehicle width direction is connected to a corresponding one of the side frame bend portions,

the crossmember is fixed to portions at which the front side frames and the outriggers are fixed to each other,

the floor panel has a step portion which is situated closer to a vehicle front than the raised portion and is at lower height than the raised portion,

in a bottom view, the crossmember is disposed on a lower surface of the step portion and extends in the vehicle width direction, and

the outriggers are disposed outward of a vehicle front end portion of the battery in the vehicle width direction.

5. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the side frame bend portions each have an outer bend point situated on an outer side thereof in the vehicle width direction, and

the outer bend point is opposite a vehicle front end portion of the crossmember situated on an outer side of the crossmember in the vehicle width direction.

6. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the side frame bend portions each have an inner bend point situated on an inner side thereof in the vehicle width direction, and

the inner bend point is situated adjacent to the crossmember in the vehicle width direction.

7. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the crossmember extends substantially straight in the vehicle width direction.

8. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 3 , wherein

the outriggers are each substantially shaped like a right triangle in a bottom view, and

a hypotenuse of the right triangle extends straight.

9. The vehicle body front structure according to claim 4 , wherein

the battery includes a battery case,

each of vehicle front end portions of the battery case situated on outer sides in the vehicle width direction has a slanted surface being slanted toward a corresponding one of the side sills in a bottom view,

an inner wall of each of the outriggers in the vehicle width direction has a slanted surface being slanted toward a corresponding one of the side sills in a bottom view, and

the slanted surface of the battery case and the slanted surface of the outrigger on the same side face each other substantially in parallel with each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2018
From: SEKIYA, TAKAYUKI; HAGA, AKIRA; FUJIMORI, KATSUYA; WATANABE, TOMOO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-141618 · Jul 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190023324A1 · Jan 24, 2019