US 12,466,492 B2
Vehicle front part structure
Yuta Senoo, Toyota (JP); and Myoungjun Kim, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,995.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-066112 (JP), filed on Apr. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331311 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/081 (2013.01) 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle front part structure comprising:
a front part upper surface outer plate member that is placed to cover an upper surface of a front part of a vehicle; and
an inner member that is placed in an adjacent region of a front edge of a windshield and below the front part upper surface outer plate member, and that has a vertical wall which extends vertically from a lower edge adjacent a vehicle body to an upper edge toward an expected direction of a collision load, the vertical wall inclined from the lower edge to the upper edge toward a front of the vehicle in a vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein
the vertical wall is bent at one location between the upper edge and the lower edge, and has a ridgeline formed on the bent portion and extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle, wherein the lower edge is fixed on the vehicle body, and a length from the ridgeline to the upper edge, and a length from the ridgeline to the lower edge, differ from each other, which in conjunction with the inclination of the vertical wall toward the front of the vehicle allows the vertical wall to deform along a bending line that moves away from the ridgeline toward the longer one of the lengths when the collision load is applied on the vertical wall at the upper edge for energy absorption.