COWL STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cowl structure of a vehicle having a simple structure and capable of exhibiting sufficient shock absorbing property. SOLUTION: The cowl structure of the vehicle comprises a bottom wall section 11 extending in the car width direction along the upper edge of a vertical-wall-like dash panel 3 for partitioning the engine room and the cabin of a vehicle and extending like a shelf from the cabin side to an engine room side, a vertical wall section 12 having an easily deforming section 14 that stands from the bottom wall section 11 and is easily vertically crashed and deformed by a load F acting from the upper part to a vertically intermediate position, and an upper wall section 13 that projects like a shelf from the upper edge of the vertical wall section 12 and supports the front edge of a windshield 70. A plurality of shock absorbing members 2 that are suspended vertically between the upper wall section 13 and the bottom wall section 11 and absorb the shock by crashing vertically when the impact load F acts to a cowl 1 from the upside are disposed at a predetermined interval in the car width direction between the upper wall section 13 and the bottom wall section 11. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI