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Granted Patent B2
US 9,290,138 · App. 14/426,861 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

Vehicle front section structure

Inventors: Masao Muraji (Miyoshi, JP); Shota Hashimoto (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 9,290,138
App. No.
14/426,861
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle front section structure includes a front side member disposed running along a vehicle front-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outside of a vehicle front section, and a projection member provided at an outside wall of the front side member so as to project out further to the vehicle width direction outside than the outside wall, a rear end portion of the projection member being positioned further to a vehicle rear side than a vehicle front side end portion of a power unit disposed at a vehicle width direction inside of the front side member in plan view.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle front section structure comprising:

a front side member disposed running along a vehicle front-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outside of a vehicle front section; and

a projection member provided at an outside wall of the front side member so as to project out further to the vehicle width direction outside than the outside wall, a rear end portion of the projection member being positioned further to a vehicle rear side than a vehicle front side end portion of a power unit disposed at a vehicle width direction inside of the front side member in plan view, the projection member including:

a front-face portion including an inclined face that is rearwardly inclined on the vehicle width direction outside in plan view; and

a flat plate shaped rib provided at a fixed portion that fixes the projection member to the front side member.

2. The vehicle front section structure of claim 1 , wherein a front end portion of the projection member is positioned further to the vehicle rear side than a crash box provided at a front end portion of the front side member.

3. The vehicle front section structure of claim 1 , wherein the projection member includes a resin member and a metal member covering the resin member.

4. The vehicle front section structure of claim 3 , wherein a space is formed between the resin member and the front side member.

5. The vehicle front section structure of claim 1 , further comprising a load transmission member provided at a side portion of the power unit at the vehicle rear side.

6. The vehicle front section structure of claim 1 , wherein the projection member is formed in a substantially triangular shape with an apex on the vehicle width direction outside in plan view.

7. The vehicle front section structure of claim 1 , further comprising a load transmission member provided at an inside wall of the front side member facing the side portion in a vehicle width direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2015
From: MURAJI, MASAO; HASHIMOTO, SHOTA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 035115/0838 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-203000 · Sep 14, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150246651A1 · Sep 3, 2015