Vehicle front structure

Details Vehicle front structure Vehicle front structure

2007-07-12

2009-02-10

Gutman, H (Department: 3612)

Vehicle fenders

Buffer or bumper type

Combined

Reexamination Certificate

active

07488016

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a vehicle front structure, which comprises a synthetic resin shroud3formed to support a heat exchanger and mounted to a vehicle body in a front of an engine compartment, a bumper fascia disposed in a front end of the vehicle body, a plate member20which has a front end located adjacent to a rear surface of the bumper fascia and a rear end attached to a lower shroud section5, and a connection member30which connects a lower end region of a lateral surface of a side shroud section6to a non-abutted portion13cformed in a flange13of a bumper reinforcement10. The vehicle front structure of the present invention can suppress displacement of the shroud during a frontal impact with a pedestrian or an obstacle such as a curb.

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