US 12,233,798 B2
Vehicle front structure
Yoshio Wada, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/840,194.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-114305 (JP), filed on Jul. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0010241 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 19/04 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 19/04 (2013.01) [B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle front structure comprising:
side frames in pairs disposed respectively on both sides of a front part of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, the side frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction of the vehicle;
a bumper beam extending in the vehicle width direction, the bumper beam being coupled to respective vehicle-front-side end parts of the side frames, both of longitudinal-direction end parts of the bumper beam being disposed outward in the vehicle width direction, as seen from the side frames;
lower frames extending in the vehicle front-rear direction respectively on the both sides of the front part of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction, the lower frames being disposed under the side frames; and
a lower beam extending in the vehicle width direction on a vehicle lower side of the bumper beam, the lower beam being coupled to respective vehicle-front-side end parts of the lower frames, wherein
the lower beam comprises
a front lower beam member composing a vehicle-front-side part of the lower beam, the front lower beam member extending in the vehicle width direction, both ends of the front lower beam member being disposed outward in the vehicle width direction, as seen from the lower frames, and
rear lower beam members in pairs composing a vehicle-rear-side part of the lower beam, the rear lower beam members extending in the vehicle width direction, the rear lower beam members being joined respectively to both of the longitudinal-direction end parts of the front lower beam member,
wherein the front lower beam member comprises:
side lower beam members in pairs respectively constituting each of the longitudinal-direction end parts of the front lower beam member, each of the side lower beam members being made of a first plate with a first thickness; and
a middle lower beam member constituting a longitudinal-direction middle part of the front lower beam member, the middle lower beam member being made of a second plate with a second thickness smaller than the first thickness.