Vehicle front section structure
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.
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.