Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Yukinobu Nakanishi

Daisuke Ebihara

Hideaki Ito

Seiichi Kato

Tomofumi Ichinose

Shuta Fukuda

Sadayuki Asano

Makoto Hatami

Hirotaka Iguchi

Provided is a vehicle body front structure including a front hood () provided in a front part of a vehicle body (), and a port device () mounted to the vehicle body and positioned under the front hood. The front hood includes an outer panel (A) and an inner panel (B) attached to a back side of the outer panel, the outer panel and the inner panel defining a port opening () facing the port device and passed through the outer panel and the inner panel in a thicknesswise direction thereof, and being welded to each other along a peripheral edge () of the port opening, and a garnish () is provided on an outer surface of a peripheral part of the outer panel surrounding the port opening, and a lid () for selectively closing the port opening is provided on the vehicle body.

Vehicle body front structure

Provided is a vehicle front body structure comprising a port device () received in a housing () and mounted to a vehicle body under a front hood (). A lid () is provided on the housing to selectively close a port opening () in the front hood, the lid being provided with a lid plate () that selectively closes the port opening, and a hinge arm () extending from the lid plate into the housing and rotatably connected to the housing via a hinge shaft () extending laterally.

Provided is a vehicle front body structure including a port device () received in a housing () and mounted to a vehicle body under a front hood (). A lid () is provided on the housing to selectively close a port opening () in the front hood, and the lid includes a lid plate () including a light transmitting base material, and a reinforcing member () attached to an inner surface of the lid plate, the reinforcing member extending along an intermediate part of the lid plate with respect to a fore and aft direction of the vehicle body.

Provided is a vehicle port device that includes a lid () that selectively closes an opening () of a port accommodating space facing outwardly on a vehicle body, a first display unit () positioned in the port accommodating space, and a second display unit () configured to indicate a failure in the port module and positioned in the port accommodating space. The lid includes a translucent part (A) opposing the first display unit and an opaque part (B) opposing the second display unit in a closed state of the lid.

Vehicle port device

A vehicle body front structure provided with a charging port device to which a charging connector is selectively connected is provided. The vehicle body front structure includes: a pair of longitudinal members extending in a fore and aft direction on either side of a vehicle body; a bulkhead including an upper member extending laterally and having lateral ends connected to the respective longitudinal members; a lateral member extending laterally behind the bulkhead, and having lateral ends connected to the respective longitudinal members; and a support member having a front part fixed to the upper member and a rear part fixed to the lateral member to support the charging port device.

A structure for an upper part of vehicle body includes: right and left side rail members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a roof member having right and left end portions in a vehicle width direction supported by the right and left side rail members, respectively; and gussets connected at one ends thereof to the respective side rail members, each extending from one end upwardly and inwardly in the vehicle width direction, and connected at the other end thereof to the roof member.

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Wako, Japan

Yukinobu Nakanishi