| US 7,517,006 B2 | ||
| Front structure of automotive vehicle | ||
| Yasunori Kageyama, Hiroshima (Japan); Takayuki Nakamae, Hiroshima (Japan); and Hiroshi Sogabe, Hiroshima (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 04, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/649,262. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-021995 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2006; and application No. 2006-021996 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0182171 A1, Aug. 09, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60J 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 296—187.09 | 13 Claims |
| 1. A front structure of an automotive vehicle having a radiator, comprising:
a bumper face including an upper portion and a lower portion, an opening portion being formed between the upper and lower
portions;
a shroud provided behind said lower portion of the bumper face, the shroud being made from resin and including an upper portion,
a side portion and a lower portion; and
a bumper mesh including a mesh body that is located at said opening portion of the bumper face, a bumper face lower reinforcing
portion that is located inside of said lower portion of the bumper face and connected to a lower end of said lower portion
of the bumper face, and an extension portion that extends rearward from a lower end of the bumper face lower reinforcing portion,
wherein said shroud has a radiator-support portion to support the radiator at both side portions of the lower portion thereof,
the radiator-support portion having a section rigidity that is greater than that of any other portion of the shroud, and
said extension portion of the bumper mesh is connected to the lower portion of said shroud near the radiator-support portion.
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