US 12,187,342 B2
Vehicle front section structure
Yasuhiro Hara, Nagoya (JP); Norimasa Koreishi, Miyoshi (JP); Jumpei Watanabe, Nagakute (JP); and Hirotaka Ishioka, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/843,553.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-103558 (JP), filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402551 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/152 (2013.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/08 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0411 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle front section structure comprising:
a power unit installed at a front section of a vehicle;
a pair of front side frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction at both vehicle width direction sides of the power unit so as to support the power unit, a front side portion of a rear section of each of the pair of front side frames includes a kick panel that slopes downward on progression rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction;
a pair of front side members extending in the vehicle front-rear direction at a vehicle upper side of the pair of front side frames, with rear end portions of the front side members being respectively joined to the pair of front side frames, a rear section of each of the pair of front side members is provided with a kick panel that slopes downward on progression rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction;
a cross member disposed at a vehicle rear side and obliquely upward of the power unit so as to span, in a vehicle width direction, between the pair of front side members and to support a driving seat of the vehicle; and
a reinforcement brace spanning between the cross member and at least one front side member of the pair of front side members.