IP Library Granted Patent US 12,545,330
Granted Patent B2
US 12,545,330 · App. 18/469,966 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Vehicle body front structure

Inventor: Isamu Nagasawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
B62D21/155B62D21/03
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Patent No.
US 12,545,330
App. No.
18/469,966
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body front structure includes front side frames, sub-frames, a cross member, columnar frames, and bracket frames. Each columnar frame is circular columnar shaped, extends toward a vehicle lower side, and sandwiches a corresponding one of the front side frames between the cross member and an end portion of the columnar frame on a vehicle upper side. The bracket frames extend in a vehicle front-rear direction. Each bracket frame couples an end portion of a corresponding one of the sub-frames on a vehicle front side to the end portion of a corresponding one of the columnar frames on the vehicle upper side. Each sub-frame includes a fragile portion that is closer to a vehicle front than the corresponding columnar frame on an outer side in a vehicle width direction. Each columnar frame is coupled to the corresponding sub-frame on a vehicle rear side of the fragile portion.

Claims (8)

1 . A vehicle body front structure comprising:

front side frames in a pair, the front side frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction on both sides of a front of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction;

sub-frames in a pair, the sub-frames being disposed on a vehicle lower side of the front side frames and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction on both sides of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction;

a cross member extending in the vehicle width direction on a vehicle front side of the vehicle and coupled to the front side frames;

columnar frames having a circular columnar shape and extending toward a vehicle lower side of the vehicle, each of the columnar frames being disposed to sandwich a corresponding one of the front side frames between the cross member and an end portion of each of the columnar frames on a vehicle upper side of the vehicle; and

bracket frames extending in the vehicle front-rear direction, each of the bracket frames coupling an end portion of a corresponding one of the sub-frames on the vehicle front side to the end portion of a corresponding one of the columnar frames on the vehicle upper side,

wherein each of the sub-frames comprises a fragile portion on an outer side of each of the sub-frames in the vehicle width direction, the fragile portion being closer to the front of the vehicle than the corresponding one of the columnar frames; and

each of the columnar frames is coupled to the corresponding one of the sub-frames on a vehicle rear side of the fragile portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2023
From: NAGASAWA, ISAMU
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064954/0900 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-160599 · Oct 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240109592A1 · Apr 4, 2024
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