Automobile front body structure

Details Automobile front body structure Automobile front body structure

1989-04-27

1990-04-24

Song, Robert R.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

296198, 296188, B62D 2508

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049194747

ABSTRACT:
A front body structure for an automobile body having a front wheel apron constituting a side wall of an engine room and supporting a suspension comprises a front frame extending in a lengthwise direction of the front body and connected to a lower portion of the front wheel apron. The front wheel apron is provided with side extension laterially overhanging therefrom and extending in the lengthwise direction between which an intermediate space is formed. A stiffener is disposed in the intermediate space and secured to the side extensions and has a rigidity higher than the front wheel apron. The front wheel apron is accompanied with a reinforcement which extends a the lengthwise direction of the front body over the upper portion of the front wheel apron and is connected to the side extension and the stiffener to form a closed cross-section in cooperation therewith.

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patent: 4560198 (1985-12-01), Katano et al.
patent: 4687217 (1987-08-01), Stewart

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