US 12,139,085 B2
Front structure of vehicle
Kuniyoshi Tashiro, Hiroshima (JP); and Hiroshi Mizuguchi, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,353.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-162534 (JP), filed on Oct. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0105286 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B60R 19/52 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 19/34 (2013.01) [B62D 21/15 (2013.01); B60R 2019/525 (2013.01); B62D 25/085 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A front structure of a vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle-body member provided at a vehicle-body front portion;
a bumper-face support member extending in a vehicle width direction in front of the vehicle-body member and having an attachment portion where a bumper face is attached;
plural brackets fixedly connecting the vehicle-body member and the bumper-face support member;
a bumper beam extending in the vehicle width direction below the bumper-face support member; and
a stay connecting the bumper-face support member and the bumper beam in a vertical direction,
wherein said stay has a deformation promotion portion configured to be bent so as to promote deformation of the stay when a collision load is downwardly inputted to said bumper-face support member, and
said bracket comprises an indirect bracket to fixedly connect a shroud upper as said vehicle-body member and said bumper-face support member via said stay, and said indirect bracket is configured to fixedly connect said shroud upper and said stay therebetween.