IP Library Granted Patent US 10,994,786
Granted Patent B2
US 10,994,786 · App. 16/495,788 · Granted May 4, 2021

Structure for front part of vehicle

Inventors: Masatoshi Yoshida (Kobe, JP); Tadashi Yamazaki (Hiroshima, JP); Ryotaro Hirata (Higashihiroshima, JP)
Assignees: KOBE STEEL, LTD.; MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
B62D25/081B62D25/082B62D25/088B62D25/14B62D21/155B62D27/023B62D65/00
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Patent No.
US 10,994,786
App. No.
16/495,788
Granted
May 4, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a structure for a front part of a vehicle, including a vehicle main body, a pair of suspension support portions, and a cowl member connected to the pair of suspension support portions. The cowl member has: an inner part connection portion which has a shape extending continuously in a vehicle width direction between the pair of suspension support portions and which interconnects respective inner parts of the pair of suspension support portions in the vehicle width direction; and a water drain portion which is provided backward of the inner part connection portion in a front-rear direction of the vehicle and drains water toward a side part of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction. The inner part connection portion has a thickness larger than a thickness of the water drain portion.

Claims (15)

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

a vehicle main body;

a pair of suspension support portions provided to be spaced in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle main body and each supporting a suspension; and

a cowl member connected to the pair of suspension support portions, wherein

the cowl member has

an inner part connection portion which has a shape extending continuously in the vehicle width direction between the pair of suspension support portions and which interconnects respective inner parts of the pair of suspension support portions in the vehicle width direction, and

a water drain portion which is provided backward of the inner part connection portion in a front-rear direction of the vehicle and drains water toward a side part of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction, and

the inner part connection portion has a thickness larger than a thickness of the water drain portion.

2. The structure for a front part of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the cowl member further has a pair of protrusion portions which have respective shapes protruding from end portions of the inner part connection portion in the vehicle width direction, respectively, toward the rear side in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and toward a outer side in the vehicle width direction, the pair of protrusion portions being connected to rear parts of the pair of suspension support portions, respectively, and

the pair of protrusion portions has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the inner part connection portion.

3. The structure for a front part of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the water drain portion has a rear connected portion which is connected to the vehicle main body, and

the rear connected portion has a thickness larger than a thickness of a part other than the rear connected portion of the water drain portion.

4. The structure for a front part of a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the thickness of the water drain portion is smaller than the thickness of the pair of protrusion portions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2019
From: YOSHIDA, MASATOSHI; YAMAZAKI, TADASHI; HIRATA, RYOTARO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.); MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-064980 · Mar 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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