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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
May. 05, 2004
Naoya Kosaka, Susono, JP;
Naoya Kosaka, Susono, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle front structure of the present invention has a pair of side members longitudinally located on right and left sides of a vehicle, and a pair of sub side members juxtaposed to the respective side members and adapted to receive a impact load in the event of a frontal collision after the side members receive the impact load. In this vehicle front structure, the side members first receive the impact load and then the sub side members juxtaposed to the side members also receive the impact load after a certain interval, in collaboration with the side members. Therefore, vehicle deceleration increases in two stages. Since the vehicle front structure has such sub side members, the magnitude of deceleration in the second stage upon collision can be made greater than that in the first stage, and it becomes feasible to make a decision on activation of occupant protection apparatus well.