| US 7,520,561 B2 | ||
| Front structure of automotive vehicle | ||
| Takayuki Nakamae, Hiroshima (Japan); Susumu Kuroda, Hiroshima (Japan); Yasunori Kageyama, Hiroshima (Japan); Toshio Sakamoto, Hiroshima (Japan); and Hiroki Fujii, Hiroshima (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 22, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/709,131. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-076014 (JP), filed on Mar. 20, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0216198 A1, Sep. 20, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60J 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 296—193.09 [296/193.1; 180/68.4; 293/117] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A front structure of an automotive vehicle, comprising:
a shroud lower provided at a front portion in an engine room, the shroud lower supporting a heat exchanger;
a bumper face provided at a front end portion of a vehicle body; and
a plate member, a front end of which extends to a position near a back face of the bumper face and a rear end of which is
attached to the shroud lower,
wherein protruding portions are provided at both-side ends of the plate member so as to protrude outward respectively in a
vehicle width direction from both-side ends of the shroud lower, projecting portions are provided at the protruding portions
so as to project rearward respectively along side end portions of the shroud lower, and inside end faces of the projecting
portions are located so as to face side end faces of front end portions of the side end portions of the shroud with a specified
distance therebetween so that a crash impact acting on the projecting portions is configured to be received by the side end
portions of the shroud lower.
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