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Granted Patent B2
US 9,650,075 · App. 14/919,098 · Granted May 16, 2017

Vehicle front section structure

Inventor: Kenichi Murayama (Kumagaya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D21/152B62D25/082B60R19/34
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Patent No.
US 9,650,075
App. No.
14/919,098
Granted
May 16, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle front section structure includes a front side member including an inner wall and an outer wall facing each other in a vehicle width direction; a load receiving section that is provided or formed at a vehicle front-rear direction front end portion of the front side member, and that receives load; and a weakened portion that is formed at least in the inner wall and the outer wall, at a location that is rear side in a vehicle front-rear direction of the front side member than the load receiving section, and that has lower rigidity than the rigidity of other locations in the front side member.

Claims (14)

1. A vehicle front section structure comprising:

a front side member including an inner wall and an outer wall facing each other in a vehicle width direction;

a load receiving section that is connected to an outer side of a vehicle front-rear direction front end portion of the front side member, and that receives load;

a weakened portion that is formed at least in the inner wall and the outer wall, at a location that is more rearward in a vehicle front-rear direction of the front side member than the load receiving section, and that has lower rigidity than the rigidity of other locations in the front side member; and

a reinforcement portion having higher rigidity than the rigidity of the weakened portion and that is disposed at a location that is more rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction of the front side member than the weakened portion,

wherein the load receiving section has a greater width in the vehicle width direction than the front side member; and

the reinforcement portion includes a contact member that projects out from the outer wall to a vehicle width direction outer side, and that contacts the load receiving section in a collision.

2. The vehicle front section structure of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement portion is a plate member straddling from the inner wall to the outer wall.

3. The vehicle front section structure of claim 1 , wherein the load receiving section is disposed at the vehicle width direction outer side of the outer wall, and includes a gusset formed in a trapezoidal shape in plan view with an upper base at a vehicle front-rear direction rear side, and a lower base at a vehicle front-rear direction front side.

4. The vehicle front section structure of claim 1 , wherein the load receiving section includes a load receiving member that is formed in a hollow box shape and that is disposed at the front end portion of the front side member.

5. The vehicle front section structure of claim 1 , wherein:

the front side member includes a dividing member that respectively divides the inner wall and the outer wall into a front side and a rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction;

the weakened portion is formed at the inner wall at the front side and the outer wall at the front side; and

a box body is formed by the inner wall at the front side, the outer wall at the front side, the load receiving section, and the dividing member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2015
From: MURAYAMA, KENICHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-223676 · Oct 31, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160121934A1 · May 5, 2016