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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2008
Katsuyoshi Ito, Toyota, JP;
Katsuyoshi Ito, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle front structure that includes: a fender panel having an outer wall, and an inside end part being bent at a boundary part with a hood panel; an apron upper member that extends in substantially the vehicle longitudinal direction, parallel to the outer wall; a shock-absorbing part that links an inside end of the fender panel and the apron upper member; a cover member, the base end of which is mounted on the inside and that hangs downward as a free end in the substantially downward direction of the vehicle, covers the distal end of the inside and the shock-absorbing part, and extends in substantially the direction transverse direction of the vehicle; and a vehicle side-structure that includes an insertion part formed in substantially the vehicle longitudinal direction near the distal end of the cover member, and into which the cover member may be inserted from above.