Front windshield support structure of a vehicle

Details Front windshield support structure of a vehicle Front windshield support structure of a vehicle

2008-02-27

2009-06-30

Pape, Joseph D (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

C296S187040, C296S096210, C296S201000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07552964

ABSTRACT:
In a front windshield support structure of a vehicle, a windshield support17supports the lower end of a front windshield18in the upper portion of a reinforcing part16of a dashboard upper part14. The windshield support17includes a front-side member21and a rear-side member20whose upper portions supporting the front windshield18are connected to each other and whose lower portions are connected to the dashboard upper part14. The front-side member21is bent into a chevron shape in cross section such that a vertically intermediate part thereof projects forward. The rear-side member20is bent into a chevron shape in cross section such that a vertically intermediate part thereof projects rearward. Together, the front-side member21and the rear-side member20form a box-shaped cross section. When a collision load is inputted to the front windshield18, the windshield support17is deformed and crushed such that vertically intermediate portions of the front-side member20and the rear-side member21are deformed so as to go away from each other, thereby minimizing a space which remains uncrushed to enhance the shock absorbing effect.

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