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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296189 ; 296198 ;
Abstract
A front body construction of a vehicle includes a lengthwise front side frame welded to the lower periphery of each of left and right wheel houses in the form of a substantially quatered spherical segment. Inner and outer extension frames different in length extend from the front side frame and are laterally spaced apart from each other. To the outer extension frame an apron frame welded to an outer edge of the wheel house is welded at its lower end. A frontal impact force is received by the inner and outer extension frames, specifically by the longer one at first and, then, by the shorter one when a buckling or crushing is caused in the longer one due to frontal impact force.