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Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2013
Applicant:

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Takamasa Ono, Kanagawa, JP;

Kouji Hosomi, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomoyuki Nakao, Novi, MI (US);

Assignee:

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 99/00 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B60K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/155 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B62D 25/082 (2013.01); B62D 25/088 (2013.01); B60K 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle-body front structure includes vehicle-body side structural members extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body at both sides of the vehicle body, a power train arranged between the vehicle-body side structural members at the both sides of the vehicle body, and a load transmission member attached to at least one of the vehicle-body side structural members or the power train with at least part of the load transmission member located outside the vehicle-body side structural members in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle body. The load transmission member is configured to transmit at least part of impact load received from an obstacle in front of the vehicle body to the vehicle body via the power train.


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