Vehicle front structure

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2008-09-08

2010-12-21

Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

C296S192000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07854473

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle front structure includes: a lower dashboard; an upper dashboard frontward extending from an upper end portion of the lower dashboard, both the lower and upper dashboards partially defining an engine compartment; damper housings disposed on a right side and a left side of the engine compartment, with right and left ends of the upper dashboard being joined to the respective damper housings; and a stiffener extending in a vehicle width direction which is fixed to an upper portion of the upper dashboard, wherein the stiffener is integrally formed of: a first transversal element connecting an upper portion of the right damper housing and an upper portion of the left damper housing; a second transversal element extending in the vehicle width direction and positioned rearward relative to the first transversal element; a plurality of longitudinal elements each connecting the first transversal element and the second transversal element.

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