Front structure of vehicle body
In a front structure of a vehicle body comprising a soft fascia covering the front of the vehicle body; the improvement is described which comprises a transversely extending fascia set plate, on which the upper end portion of soft fascia is to be mounted, positioned in front of a transversely extending radiator shroud member; right and left wing-guide side panels, for guiding air introduced at the front of the vehicle in motion to a radiator, mounted in front of the radiator shroud member and forming right and left guide faces; the right and left wind-guide side panels supporting the fascia set plate, and the panels and set plate forming a U-shaped soft fascia support structure; means respectively connecting lower end portions of the wind guide side panels to right and left side frames, the side frames having extended portions in front of portions of the side frames supporting the radiator shroud member and the lower end portions of the wind-guide side panels being connected to the extended portions; a cross member connecting the lower end portions of the right and left wind-guide panels, the panels, fascia set plate, and cross member forming a soft fascia support structure having a substantially rectangular closed cross section, and the fascia set plate being supported at an intermediate portion by a stay extending upwardly from the cross member, a front stay portion connecting the fascia set plate to the cross member, and a rear stay portion connecting the cross member to the upper portions of the radiator shroud member.
- Assignee:
- Mazda Motor Corp., Hiroshima
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4646863
- OSTI ID:
- 6739212
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Interim transfer canister for consolidating nuclear fuel rods
Vehicle bumper