Vehicle front-part structure

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2007-05-08

2007-05-08

Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

C296S187090

Reexamination Certificate

active

11065079

ABSTRACT:
An automobile front-part structure is provided in which an impact-absorbing member can absorb the impact energy that is given by a bump, whatever bump it is, such as an offset collision and a pole bump. This automobile front-part structure including: a pair of vehicle-body frames which extends in the front-and-rear directions along both sides of a vehicle, and whose front-end parts extend up to the front part of an automobile; and a front sub-frame which is supported with the vehicle-body frames in the front part of the vehicle, and is disposed below the vehicle-body frames, in which the front sub-frame includes: a front sub-frame main-body which has, a pair of right and left side frames which extends in the front-and-rear directions of the vehicle, and a cross member which is formed by a reinforcement and bridges the front parts of the side frames; a pair of right and left impact absorbing members which is formed by a crush pipe, is disposed at the front-end parts of the side frames in the front sub-frame main-body and absorbs impact energy from ahead; and a reinforcement which bridges the front ends of both impact absorbing members.

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