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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
May. 16, 2002
Hiroshi Ozawa, Tokyo-To, JP;
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vertical wall formed by bending a front fender toward an engine room is connected with a front wheel apron through a supporting bracket. The supporting bracket is shaped into a U-channel configuration opening downwardly. In which, a front fender side vertical wall is formed on the front fender and an engine room side vertical wall is formed on the engine room side in such a manner as partitioning the front fender side vertical wall off. The front fender side vertical wall is secured at a lower end thereof to the front wheel apron. When an impact load is applied from above the neighborhood of the boundary between the front fender and engine room, a middle section shaped into arch of the front fender side vertical wall and a hole section provided on the front fender side vertical wall collapse to absorb the impact energy.