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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Takayuki Nakamae, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Toshio Sakamoto, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Yasunori Kageyama, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Naoaki Yamamoto, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Soukichi Kikuchi, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Hiroshi Sogabe, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Takayuki Nakamae, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Toshio Sakamoto, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Yasunori Kageyama, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Naoaki Yamamoto, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Soukichi Kikuchi, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Hiroshi Sogabe, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle front structure, which comprises a synthetic resin shroudformed to support a heat exchanger and mounted to a vehicle body in a front of an engine compartment, a bumper fascia disposed in a front end of the vehicle body, a plate memberwhich has a front end located adjacent to a rear surface of the bumper fascia and a rear end attached to a lower shroud section, and a connection memberwhich connects a lower end region of a lateral surface of a side shroud sectionto a non-abutted portionformed in a flangeof a bumper reinforcement. The vehicle front structure of the present invention can suppress displacement of the shroud during a frontal impact with a pedestrian or an obstacle such as a curb.