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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Shigeto Yasuhara, Wako, JP;
Yuji Matsuura, Tochigi, JP;
Shigeto Yasuhara, Wako, JP;
Yuji Matsuura, Tochigi, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Horizontally elongated member interconnects respective front end portions of a lower frame and a front side frame spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the vehicle body. Impact absorbing section is mounted on a substantially entire front surface of the horizontally elongated member, and a bumper beam is fixedly mounted to the front surface of the impact absorbing section. The impact absorbing section is a cylindrical member having a cross-sectional shape elongated in the width direction and having its outer side wall portion disposed generally on an imaginary extension line of an inner vertical wall portion of the lower frame.