US 12,071,175 B2
Vehicle front body structure
Kuniyoshi Tashiro, Hiroshima (JP); Ippei Kuroda, Hiroshima (JP); Hiroto Kido, Hiroshima (JP); and Ayaka Fukuda, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,036.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-090358 (JP), filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379964 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/152 (2013.01) [B60R 19/34 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle front body structure comprising:
a front side frame that is provided on each of right and left sides of a vehicle and extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and
a bumper beam that is provided on a vehicle front side of each of the front side frames and has an inclined section in each end portion in a vehicle width direction, the inclined section extending outward in the vehicle width direction and being inclined rearward in the vehicle, wherein
a crash can is provided to a front end portion of each of the front side frames, extends forward in the vehicle, and is inclined outward in the vehicle width direction,
a front end portion of each of the crash cans is coupled to the respective inclined section of the bumper beam, and
a vulnerable portion is provided on an inner side in the vehicle width direction of each of the crash cans, and has low strength against a collision load from front of the vehicle.