US 11,939,001 B2
Advanced vehicle body front side frame structure
Zhanhong Li, Guangzhou (CN)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/567,179.
Claims priority of application No. 202110004502.1 (CN), filed on Jan. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274648 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 27/06 (2006.01); B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/152 (2013.01) [B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B62D 27/065 (2013.01); B60R 19/34 (2013.01); B62D 25/08 (2013.01); B62D 25/082 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body front side member structure, comprising:
a front side member assembly;
an upper side beam assembly;
a front side member connection plate assembly;
an upper side beam front assembly;
a front anti-crash beam energy absorption box assembly; and
a front anti-crash beam assembly, wherein
the front side member connection plate assembly includes a front side member connection plate body,
the front side member connection plate body includes a box body with an opening,
a front side member connection reinforcing plate is disposed on a bottom wall being opposite to the opening in the box body,
an energy absorption box mounting bracket is disposed on a front wall of the box body,
a front side member connection sealing plate is disposed on a back wall of the box body,
the box body is formed to have a cross section with an area gradually decreased as from the front wall toward the back wall,
the front side member connection plate body and the front side member connection sealing plate are welded to the front side member assembly,
the bottom wall of the box body is welded and fixed to a front end of the upper side beam front assembly,
the energy absorption box mounting bracket and the front anti-crash beam energy absorption box assembly are fixed by screws,
a rear end of the upper side beam front assembly and the upper side beam assembly are fixed by welding, and
the front anti-crash beam energy absorption box assembly is connected to each of the front anti-crash beam assembly, the front side member assembly, and the front side member connection plate assembly,
the front anti-crash beam energy absorption box assembly has an energy absorption box body, and
a lateral outer wall of the energy absorption box body is inclined outwards in a vehicle width direction as from the front end toward the rear end such that the energy absorption box body has a cross section with an area gradually increasing as from the front end toward the rear end.