FRONT STRUCTURE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

摘要

A vehicle front structure having a bumper reinforcement arranged in the vehicle width direction at the front part of a pair of front side members is provided. A pair of extensions is provided to the bumper reinforcement at positions outside of the front side members in the vehicle width direction. Each extension is provided with a front protrusion protruding ahead of the bumper reinforcement at positions outside of the front side member on the front side, and a rear protrusion protruding backward on the rear side. At the time of a small overlap frontal crash, loads imposed on the extension are transmitted to and absorbed by the front side member by the rear protrusion via the front protrusion.

主权项

1. A vehicle front structure, comprising:
a pair of front side members arranged on both sides of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a bumper reinforcement arranged in the vehicle width direction at a front part of the front side members; and extensions of the bumper reinforcement arranged at positions outside of the front side members in the vehicle width direction, wherein each extension has, on its front side, a front protrusion protruding forward from the bumper reinforcement at a position outside of where each of the pair of front side members is arranged, and on its rear side, a rear protrusion protruding backward from the bumper reinforcement at a position outside of where each of the pair of front side members is arranged, and loads imposed on the extension at positions outside of the front side member in the vehicle width direction at the time of a small overlap frontal crash are transmitted to the front side member by the rear protrusion via the front protrusion of the extension.