US 12,134,422 B2
Vehicle front body structure
Akihiro Kawano, Hiroshima (JP); and Ippei Kuroda, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/714,183.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-072379 (JP), filed on Apr. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340205 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/152 (2013.01) [B62D 25/08 (2013.01); B62D 27/00 (2013.01); B62D 25/088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle front body structure comprising:
a front side frame that extends forward in a body front-rear direction from a dashboard separating a cabin and an engine compartment;
an apron reinforcement that extends in the body front-rear direction at a position on an outer side is a vehicle width direction of and above the front side frame;
a suspension housing that is arranged across the front side frame and the apron reinforcement;
a vehicle component between the suspension housing and the dashboard; and
a coupling member having higher tensile strength than the suspension housing and is coupled to the front side frame and the apron reinforcement, wherein
the coupling member includes:
a body section that is fixed to a rear surface of the suspension housing, and
a wall section that is bent from a lower end portion of the body section and extends rearward.