US 11,814,102 B2
Vehicle front structure
Yoshio Wada, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/840,173.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-114364 (JP), filed on Jul. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011202 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/152 (2013.01) [B60R 19/34 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle front structure comprising:
side frames in pairs disposed respectively on both sides of a front part of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, the side frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction of the vehicle;
a bumper beam extending in the vehicle width direction, the bumper beam being coupled to respective vehicle front end parts of the side frames, both outer end parts of the bumper beam in the vehicle width direction being disposed outward in the vehicle width direction as seen from the side frames;
lower frames in pairs extending in the vehicle front-rear direction on the both sides of the front part in the vehicle width direction, the lower frames being disposed under the side frames;
a lower beam extending in the vehicle width direction on a vehicle lower side of the bumper beam, the lower beam being coupled to respective front end parts of the lower frames, both outer end parts of the lower beam in the vehicle width direction being disposed outward in the vehicle width direction as seen from the lower frames; and
wheels in pairs disposed on an outer side of the side frames in the vehicle width direction and an outer side of the lower frames in the vehicle width direction, wherein
each of the outer end parts of the bumper beam and a corresponding one of the outer end parts of the lower beam are disposed on a vehicle front side of a corresponding one of the wheels and overlap the corresponding one of the wheels as seen from the vehicle front side, and
in the vehicle width direction, a position of each of vehicle-width-direction outer ends of the bumper beam and a position of a corresponding one of vehicle-width-direction outer ends of the lower beam coincide with a position of a mounting part of a corresponding one of brake devices that are disposed radially inside the wheels respectively.