Front vehicle body structure
An embodiment front vehicle body structure of a vehicle body is provided. The vehicle body includes an under body and an upper body coupled to the under body, and the front vehicle body structure includes side sills respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the upper body based on a vehicle width direction and wheel arch members respectively connected directly to front ends of the side sills in a forward/rearward direction of the vehicle body and coupled to a front part of the under body.
1. A front vehicle body structure of a vehicle body, the vehicle body comprising an under body and an upper body coupled to the under body, the front vehicle body structure comprising:
side sills respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the upper body based on a vehicle width direction; and
wheel arch members respectively connected directly to front ends of the side sills in a forward/rearward direction of the vehicle body and coupled to a front part of the under body.
2. The front vehicle body structure of claim 1 , wherein the wheel arch members are disposed above front tire wheels respectively coupled to two opposite sides of the front part of the under body based on the vehicle width direction.
3. The front vehicle body structure of claim 1 , wherein the wheel arch members each have a closed cross-section defined by joining a wheel arch outer member and a wheel arch inner member.
4. The front vehicle body structure of claim 1 , further comprising radiator support side members respectively coupled to front ends of the wheel arch members and disposed in an upward/downward direction.
5. The front vehicle body structure of claim 4 , wherein the radiator support side members are respectively coupled to the front ends of the wheel arch members through lower ends thereof and each have a shape curved in a streamlined shape in the upward/downward direction.
6. The front vehicle body structure of claim 4 , wherein the radiator support side members each have a closed cross-section defined by joining a radiator support side outer member and a radiator support side inner member.
7. The front vehicle body structure of claim 4 , further comprising front cowl support side members respectively disposed in the forward/rearward direction of the vehicle body at two opposite sides of a front part of the upper body based on the vehicle width direction, wherein the radiator support side members are respectively coupled through upper ends thereof to front ends of the front cowl support side members.
8. The front vehicle body structure of claim 7 , further comprising a front cowl coupled in the vehicle width direction to the front ends of the front cowl support side members.
9. The front vehicle body structure of claim 4 , wherein the radiator support side members are respectively coupled to the front ends of the wheel arch members through lower ends of the radiator support side members, and wherein the front vehicle body structure further comprises a radiator support lower member coupled to the lower ends of the radiator support side members and disposed in the vehicle width direction.
10. The front vehicle body structure of claim 9 , wherein the radiator support lower member has a closed cross-section defined by joining an upper support member and a lower support member.
11. The front vehicle body structure of claim 9 , further comprising body mounting brackets respectively coupled to the front ends of the wheel arch members, the lower ends of the radiator support side members, and two opposite ends of the radiator support lower member.
12. The front vehicle body structure of claim 11 , wherein the body mounting brackets are respectively fastened by mounting bolts to body mounting parts respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the front part of the under body based on the vehicle width direction.
13. The front vehicle body structure of claim 1 , further comprising bulkheads respectively coupled to front ends of the wheel arch members.
14. A method of assembling a vehicle, the method comprising:
coupling an upper body of a vehicle body to an under body of the vehicle body;
disposing side sills respectively at two opposite sides of the upper body based on a vehicle width direction;
directly connecting wheel arch members respectively to front ends of the side sills in a forward/rearward direction of the vehicle body; and
coupling the wheel arch members to a front part of the under body.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the wheel arch members are disposed above front tire wheels respectively coupled to two opposite sides of the front part of the under body based on the vehicle width direction.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the wheel arch members each have a closed cross-section formed by joining a wheel arch outer member and a wheel arch inner member.
17. The method of claim 14 , further comprising coupling radiator support side members respectively to front ends of the wheel arch members, wherein the radiator support side members are disposed in an upward/downward direction.
18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
disposing front cowl support side members respectively in the forward/rearward direction of the vehicle body at two opposite sides of a front part of the upper body based on the vehicle width direction; and
coupling upper ends of the radiator support side members respectively to front ends of the front cowl support side members.
19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising coupling a front cowl in the vehicle width direction to the front ends of the front cowl support side members.
20. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
coupling lower ends of radiator support side members respectively to front ends of the wheel arch members, wherein the radiator support side members are disposed in an upward/downward direction;
coupling a radiator support lower member to the lower ends of the radiator support side members, wherein the radiator support lower member is disposed in the vehicle width direction; and
coupling body mounting brackets respectively to the front ends of the wheel arch members, the lower ends of the radiator support side members, and two opposite ends of the radiator support lower member, wherein the body mounting brackets are respectively fastened by mounting bolts to body mounting parts respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the front part of the under body based on the vehicle width direction.