US 11,679,811 B2
Front vehicle-body structure for vehicle
Shunsuke Hirai, Aki-gun (JP); Hiroaki Ishizu, Aki-gun (JP); Hidekazu Shiraishi, Aki-gun (JP); Kyohei Hirata, Aki-gun (JP); Kazuki Yamauchi, Aki-gun (JP); and Takumi Fukuda, Aki-gun (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/191,381.
Prior Publication US 2021/0309302 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B60J 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/081 (2013.01) [B60J 1/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/088 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A front vehicle-body structure for a vehicle, comprising:
a front windshield fixed to an edge portion of an opening in a vehicle body;
a pair of left and right front suspension housings;
a cowl defining a lower edge of the opening for the front windshield;
a tower bar having a center portion extending in a vehicle width direction along the cowl and coupling each of the left and right front suspension housings with a region around a vehicle-width-direction center portion of the cowl;
a bracket, extending from the cowl toward a front of the vehicle, and provided in a region including a vehicle-width-direction center portion of the front windshield in the lower edge of the opening, the center portion of the tower bar being fixed to the bracket from above at a fixing region; and
a reinforcement member supporting the fixing region from below, wherein
the tower bar is mounted on the reinforcement member in two parts separated in the vehicle width direction in the center portion, and
a portion of the tower bar between mounting portions in the two parts is configured so as to have higher bending rigidity than the mounting portions.