US 12,122,454 B2
Vehicle front portion 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. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/840,764.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-103555 (JP), filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402557 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60N 2/01 (2006.01); B60N 2/015 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/085 (2013.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60N 2/012 (2013.01); B62D 25/14 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle front portion structure comprising:
a dash panel separating a power unit compartment provided at a lower portion of a vehicle front portion from a cabin provided on a vehicle upper side and a vehicle rear side of the power unit compartment, the dash panel includes a slopped portion having a step portion, and the dash panel slopes downward from a vehicle front side to the vehicle rear side;
a partition wall having a lower end portion secured to a vehicle rear end portion of the dash panel and extending from the lower end portion in a vehicle upward direction to divide the cabin into a front portion and a rear portion;
a front portion vehicle seat disposed on a vehicle upper side of the dash panel;
a seat support member supporting the front portion vehicle seat from a vehicle lower side and having a front end portion secured to the dash panel and a rear end portion secured to the partition wall;
brackets having an L-shape, with a horizontal portion that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and a vertical portion that extends downward from a rear end of the horizontal portion, a front end of the horizontal portion is secured to a top of the step portion at the vehicle front-rear direction middle position of the dash panel, and a lower end portion of the vertical portion is secured to the vehicle rear end portion of the dash panel; and
an autonomous driving unit supported by the brackets, at least part of the autonomous driving unit being disposed in an area surrounded by the dash panel, the partition wall, and the seat support member, and the autonomous driving unit controlling autonomous driving of the vehicle.