Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Hi-lex Corporation

Daisuke Naoi

Hidefumi Nihei

Kazutada Sasaki

Masanobu Eguchi

Masato Sasaki

Makoto Kihara

Yuki Matsushima

Yasuyuki Kato

Shuji Ichikawa

Minoru Hasegawa

Yuya Yamaguchi

A vehicle body front structure has: an object detection device disposed in a vehicle front end section of a vehicle to detect an object ahead of the vehicle; and a pair of bracket members which are spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction and which support the object detection device. Each of the pair of bracket members includes: a forwardly extending portion that extends forward from a vehicle body member; and a downwardly extending portion that extends downward from the forwardly extending portion and supports the object detection device. The vehicle body front structure further has a bracket member locking member which couples the forwardly extending portions to each other in the vehicle width direction and to which an exterior member of the vehicle is attached.

Vehicle body front structure

A cable coupling mechanismincluding a slider, and a slider housing member, wherein the sliderhas cable connecting portionsto which cables C, Care connected at both end in a sliding direction D, the slider housing memberincludes a main openingopened in a direction Dperpendicular to a sliding direction axis and a cable insertion opening, the cable coupling mechanismincludes a movement-restricting mechanism R capable of restricting the sliderfrom moving in the direction D, the movement-restricting mechanism R includes a housing member-side contact portion Rand a slider-side contact portion Rbeing contactable with the housing member-side contact portion Rwhen a force in the direction Dis applied to the slider.

Cable coupling mechanism

In a vehicle body front structure, an operating unit that extends upward to raise a front hood by a predetermined amount when a vehicle collides against an obstacle in front is arranged in a dashboard upper configured to introduce outside air into an interior. The operating unit is mounted in a vehicle body so as to be displaced downward by an external force acting from above after extending upward. An opening portion for drain is provided in a bottom portion of the dashboard upper. The opening portion is arranged at a position where the operating unit can be moved downward by the external force acting from above after extending upward.

A windshield glass support structure is provided that is capable of absorbing an impact load caused by external force even if the external force is applied at any angle to an outer surface of the windshield glass. The windshield glass support structure includes a windshield support panel that extends toward a lower end of the windshield glass from a cross member, and a glass support member that inclines rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction and upward in the vehicle up-down direction from a front edge of the windshield support panel along a lower side surface of the windshield glass. The glass support member is arranged to be deformable when external force is applied in any direction from a front in the vehicle front-rear direction.

Windshield glass support structure

A structure () for a front portion of a vehicle includes: a windshield lower member (); a cross member () fixed to the windshield lower member (); paired damper housings () disposed in front of both ends of the cross member (); and paired damper housing supports () arranged between the cross member () and the damper housing () to drain water. The windshield lower member () and the cross member () define a closed cross section K which extends in the vehicle width direction and serves as a second intake path (R). The cross member () has, in rear of the damper housing supports (), paired left and right outside air intake openings () for outside air to pass therethrough. The windshield base member () has a blower air intake opening () opened to face one of the pair of outside air intake openings ().

Structure for front portion of vehicle

The vehicle front structurehas a windshield lower, a cross memberfixed on the windshield lower, an upper memberextending in a front-back direction of a vehicle, a damper housingfixed inside the upper memberin a vehicle width direction and arranged in front the cross member, and a damper housing supportcoupling the cross memberwith the damper housing. A closed section K is formed by the windshield lowerand the cross member. The damper housing supporthas a damper housing fixed sectionwhich is fixed on an upper surfaceof the damper housingand a vertical wall sectionwhich extends backward from an inside of the damper housing fixed sectionin the vehicle width direction and is fixed on the cross member

Vehicle front structure

A vehicle body front structure includes a brake master cylinder mounting surface that is formed in an arc shape toward a vehicle interior, a plurality of mounting surface beads that are formed on the brake master cylinder mounting surface only in a vertical direction and an inclined direction inclined with respect to the vertical direction, and a reinforcing plate that is joined to the plurality of mounting surface beads.

A vehicle body front structure includes a dashboard lower in which an opening portion into which a joint member, which connects a steering shaft of a vehicle with a steering gear box, is inserted is formed; a steering joint cover that is provided around the opening portion so as to surround the joint member; and a dashboard cross-member that extends in a left and right direction of the dashboard lower. The dashboard cross-member includes a pair of cross-members between which the steering joint cover is interposed, and each of these cross-members is fixed to the steering joint cover. Clip holes to which mounting clips mounting a steering grommet are fitted are formed within a range of the dashboard lower that is positioned around the opening portion and is covered with the steering joint cover.

A vehicle body front part structure according to a first aspect of the present invention includes: a center frame which extends along a vertical direction of a vehicle, a top end flange part that bends toward a rear being formed on a top end of the center frame; and a dashboard lower which has a first vertical wall, a bent part that is bent toward the rear being formed on a top edge of the first vertical wall. The top end flange part and the bent part are joined overlapping each other, and a closed cross-section structure part is formed between the center frame and the bent part.

Vehicle body front part structure

A maintenance cover includes a pair of lateral turning support parts provided at right and left sides of a front edge part, and a central turning support part. The lateral turning support parts have opening parts that can be caught by hook parts with an L-shaped cross-section that are provided at a cover main body part. The central turning support part has a stopper that is engageable with an inner wall surface of a side wall part provided at the cover main body part. When the maintenance cover is slid backwardly, a sliding operation of the maintenance cover is stopped by the lateral turning support parts and the central turning support part, and the maintenance cover is rotated with the lateral turning support parts being as supporting points.

Car body forepart structure

A structure for a vehicle body front portion, provided with a cross-member () which is provided to a dashboard lower panel () on the engine room () side thereof and is extended between left and right front side frames (). The cross-member () is divided into left and right cross-members (). A cup-shaped joint cover () is sandwiched between the left and right cross-members ().

Structure for vehicle body front portion

A frontal structure of a vehicle includes: a dashboard lower section comprising a longitudinal wall, a tilted wall, and a horizontal wall connected together; a floor frame provided below the tilted wall; a bead formed along the floor frame, wherein the longitudinal wall intersects with the bead at an upper side of the bead; the horizontal wall intersects with the bead at a lower side of the bead; and a ridge line or a plurality of ridge lines of the bead overlap with the floor frame in an upper-lower direction.

Frontal structure of vehicle

A frontal structure of a vehicle includes: a dashboard lower section; and a damping panel connecting to the dashboard lower section, wherein the dashboard lower section includes an upper rim flange and a front wall including a bending shape; and the damping panel includes a bead curved more gradually compared to the bending shape.

A frontal structure of a vehicle includes: a dashboard lower section; a dashboard lower cross member, positioned at a front surface of the dashboard lower section, and divided into a left part and a right part; a dashboard cross member integrally formed by connecting and welding the dashboard lower cross member to a steering joint cover; and an acceleration pedal bracket fixed to an overlapping part of the steering joint cover and the dashboard lower section.

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Daisuke Naoi