Vehicle front body structure

• US 7,464,964 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2005
• Issued: 12/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Miyata, Daizou, Shinta, Masanori, Yoshihara, Kenichi
• Primary Examiner(s): CULBRETH, ERIC D
• Application Number:
  US11/090,007
• Publication Number:
  US 20050218645A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,359 Days
• Field of Search: 280/784, 280/781, 280/796, 280/797, 280/798, 280/124.109, 280/124.153
• US Class Current: 280/784
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 21/152 Front or rear frames

Abstract

A vehicle front body structure which includes: a longitudinal structural member provided at a front end thereof with a bracket which has a portion projecting downward from a lower side face of the longitudinal structural member; a transverse member connected to the longitudinal structural member at the bracket thereof; and a suspension member mounted to the longitudinal structural member with a front portion thereof fixed to the lower side face of the longitudinal structural member at a position in the vicinity of a rear side face of the downward projecting portion of the bracket.

Claims

1. A vehicle front body structure comprising:

a longitudinal structural member provided with bracket structure at a front end thereof, the bracket structure having an upward projecting portion projecting upward from an upper side face of the longitudinal structural member and a downward projection portion projecting downward from a lower side face of the longitudinal structural member;

a radiator core support for supporting a radiator, the radiator core support being connected to the longitudinal structural member via the upward projecting portion and the downward projecting portion of the bracket structure thereof; and

a suspension member mounted to the longitudinal structural member with a front portion thereof fixed to the lower side face of the longitudinal structural member at a position in the vicinity of a rear side face of the downward projecting portion of the bracket structure.

2. A vehicle front body structure in claim 1, wherein a stay of a bumper armature arranged in front of the radiator core support is directly connected to the front end of the longitudinal structural member.

3. A vehicle front body structure in claim 2, wherein the radiator core support is configured to be indirectly connected to the stay.

4. A vehicle front body structure in claim 3, wherein the radiator core support has an opening to expose the front face of the front end of the longitudinal structural member, and the stay is connected to the longitudinal structural member through the opening.

5. A vehicle front body structure in claim 1, wherein

a lower end of the downward projecting portion of the bracket structure is positioned lower than a lower end of the front portion of the suspension member.

6. A vehicle front body structure comprising:

a longitudinal structural member provided with bracket structure at a front end thereof, the bracket structure having an upward projecting portion projecting upward from an upper side face of the longitudinal structural member and a downward projecting portion projecting downward from a lower side face of the longitudinal structural member;

a radiator core support for supporting a radiator, the radiator core support being connected to the longitudinal structural member via the upward projecting portion and the downward projecting portion of the bracket structure thereof;

a suspension member mounted to the longitudinal structural member with a front portion thereof fixed to the lower side face of the longitudinal structural member at a position in the vicinity of a rear side face of the downward projecting portion of the bracket structure;

a bumper armature arranged in front of the radiator core support; and

a stay of the bumper armature extending rearward from the bumper armature,

wherein the radiator core support is formed to have an opening at a portion corresponding to the front end of the longitudinal structural member, and the stay is directly connected to the front end of the longitudinal structural member through the opening.