Abstract: To provide a vehicle front portion structure that efficiently cools a cooling unit. A duct, whose upper end opens at a cowl panel side and whose lower end opens above a vehicle front side of a cooling unit, is provided at a vehicle front portion. A blower fan is provided at an intermediate portion of the duct. The blower fan is rotated, and external air, that has been drawn-in from a cowl side, can be blown as cooling wind from a lower end side of the duct toward a condenser and a radiator. Therefore, heat exchange efficiency can be improved as compared with a case of only traveling wind that is introduced in from an opening of a front bumper cover.

Abstract: A vehicle heat exchange structure is obtained that is capable of employing a functional component installed in a vehicle to cool a power unit. A vehicle heat exchange structure includes: a heater core that heats air by heat exchange between the air and a heating medium circulating between the power unit and the heater core; and an exhaust duct and an exhaust damper that switch within plural modes including a first mode that introduces air that has been heated by the heater core into a vehicle compartment as air conditioning air, and a second mode that expels air that has been heated by the heater core to outside the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes: a structural member that is disposed forward of a cabin of a vehicle and that extends in a width direction of a vehicle; a front pillar that extends in a height direction of the vehicle; a pillar brace having a cabin-side end portion in the vehicle width direction that is coupled to the structural member, and an outer-side end portion in the vehicle width direction that is coupled to a cabin-side surface of the front pillar; and reinforcement means for heightening at least a strength of the cabin-side surface and a front surface of the front pillar, the reinforcement means being provided at a height at which the front pillar and the pillar brace are connected to each other.

Abstract: There is provided an underbody structure capable of exactly distributing and transmitting a front collision load to front and back skeleton portions of an underbody even in a case where the front collision load to be input from the front of a vehicle is concentrated on one side in a vehicle width direction. When a power unit 1 moves rearward due to an offset collision load of a right front face of a vehicle, a right connecting arm 7G of a sub-frame 7, an engine rear mount 7E, and right and left stoppers 7H and 7I receive an offset collision load from the power unit 1, thereby suppressing generation of an unintended rotative force in the power unit 1. The sub-frame 7 distributedly transmits an offset collision load to a rear portion 4A of a right front side member 4, and right and left tunnel reinforcements 5 and 5 mainly through four paths of a right beam 7D, a right load transmission beam 7J2, and right and left load transmission beams 7J3 and 7J4 of an intermediate portion.

Abstract: A front end portion of a side member functions as a crumple zone during a collision with another vehicle or the like. A radiator support is attached via a bracket to this crumple zone. When another vehicle or the like collides with the side member, the radiator support separates from the side member. When another vehicle or the like collides with the radiator support, external force applied in the rear direction to the radiator support is transmitted to the side member.

Abstract: An armrest frame (5A) bends at a hinge groove (5A2), which serves as a weak portion, when an impact load is applied to the armrest frame (5A) in an armrest (5) following a side impact with another vehicle. As a result, the armrest (5) is allowed to move toward the inside, in the vehicle width direction, during a side impact with another vehicle, thus ensuring the movement of a seated individual toward the inside, in the vehicle width direction. The vehicle armrest (5) also provides the same sense of stability as an armrest as a conventional armrest during normal use at times other than when there is a side impact with another vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure that may be installed in a front part or in a rear part of a vehicle, includes a flexural portion disposed in respective side members extending in an anteroposterior direction of the vehicle and having a vertical bending strength smaller than that of other portions of the members. The vehicle body structure also includes a pendent portion hung on a lower part of the side member on an outer end side with respect to the flexural portion and having an anteroposterior bending strength larger than a bending strength of the flexural portion. The vehicle body structure enables the side members to absorb an impact with a simple configuration even in the event of a collision between vehicles with different bumper heights.

Abstract: A vehicle lower body structure (1) including a vehicle compartment; a windshield pillar (3) that is provided at the side portion the vehicle and that extends in the vehicle-height direction; a rocker (4) that is connected, at the front end portion, to the lower end portion of the windshield pillar (3) and the extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a floor tunnel member (5) that is provided at the lateral center portion of the vehicle and that extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a floor cross-member (6) that is connected to the rocker (4) and the floor tunnel member (5) and that extends in the vehicle-width direction; and a floor panel (7) that is connected to the windshield pillar (3), the rocker (4), the floor tunnel member (5), and the floor cross-member (6) and that forms the floor of the vehicle compartment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle front structure which can efficiently absorb collision energy regardless of collision modes. In at least one embodiment, a load transmission member arranged on inner side faces of a front corner part of a subframe has a male member attached to a front frame and a female member attached to a side frame. When a local load is fed to the front frame, the male and female members engage with each other, whereby the front frame is restrained from rotating in such a direction as to approach the side frame, while the fed collision load is transmitted to the side frame through the load transmission member. When a collision load is fed onto an axis of the side frame, the male and female members separate from each other to block the load transmission through the load transmission member.

Abstract: There is provided an underbody structure capable of exactly distributing and transmitting a front collision load to front and back skeleton portions of an underbody even in a case where the front collision load to be input from the front of a vehicle is concentrated on one side in a vehicle width direction. When a power unit 1 moves rearward due to an offset collision load of a right front face of a vehicle, a right connecting arm 7G of a sub-frame 7, an engine rear mount 7E, and right and left stoppers 7H and 7I receive an offset collision load from the power unit 1, thereby suppressing generation of an unintended rotative force in the power unit 1. The sub-frame 7 distributedly transmits an offset collision load to a rear portion 4A of a right front side member 4, and right and left tunnel reinforcements 5 and 5 mainly through four paths of a right beam 7D, a right load transmission beam 7J2, and right and left load transmission beams 7J3 and 7J4 of an intermediate portion.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a vehicle body front-part structure which can efficiently disperse an impact load acting on the front part of a vehicle. In the vehicle body front-part structure in accordance with the present invention, a portion 6a of a radiator support supporting an upper part of a radiator arranged in the front part of a vehicle 2 is connected to a skeleton 9 of the vehicle body by a pair of first radiator support supporting members 4 which support it from both sides in the vehicle width direction, and second radiator support supporting members 11, 12 which are arranged on the inner side of the pair of first radiator support supporting members 4 in the vehicle width direction and support it from the backside.

Abstract: A front structure 1 of a vehicle body has a shock absorber receiver 13 projecting forward from a dash panel 3, which is located at a position corresponding to a shock absorber 8 in a vehicle width direction and in a vehicle height direction. In the front structure 1 of the vehicle body, the shock absorber receiver 13 restricts backward movement of the shock absorber 8 upon a collision of a vehicle 2, so that a collision load acting on the shock absorber 8 can be efficiently dispersed to a framework of the vehicle body while being transmitted through the shock absorber receiver 13 to the dash panel 3. When the shock absorber 8 moves backward upon the collision of the vehicle 2, the shock absorber 8 comes into contact with the shock absorber receiver 13, and the distance becomes shorter between support points of the shock absorber 8 than before, so as to enhance flexural rigidity and reaction force.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle front structure which can efficiently absorb collision energy regardless of collision modes. In the vehicle front structure of the present invention, a load transmission member arranged on inner side faces of a front corner part of a subframe has a load transmission member male attached to a front frame and a load transmission member female attached to a side frame. In a collision mode where a local load is fed to the front frame, the load transmission member male and load transmission member female engage with each other, whereby the front frame is restrained from rotating in such a direction as to approach the side frame, while the fed collision load is transmitted to the side frame through the load transmission member.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes: a structural member that is disposed forward of a cabin of a vehicle and that extends in a width direction of a vehicle; a front pillar that extends in a height direction of the vehicle; a pillar brace having a cabin-side end portion in the vehicle width direction that is coupled to the structural member, and an outer-side end portion in the vehicle width direction that is coupled to a cabin-side surface of the front pillar; and reinforcement means for heightening at least a strength of the cabin-side surface and a front surface of the front pillar, the reinforcement means being provided at a height at which the front pillar and the pillar brace are connected to each other.

Abstract: A front end portion of a side member functions as a crumple zone during a collision with another vehicle or the like. A radiator support is attached via a bracket to this crumple zone. When another vehicle or the like collides with the side member, the radiator support separates from the side member. When another vehicle or the like collides with the radiator support, external force applied in the rear direction to the radiator support is transmitted to the side member.

Abstract: A vehicle lower body structure (1) including a vehicle compartment; a windshield pillar (3) that is provided at the side portion the vehicle and that extends in the vehicle-height direction; a rocker (4) that is connected, at the front end portion, to the lower end portion of the windshield pillar (3) and the extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a floor tunnel member (5) that is provided at the lateral center portion of the vehicle and that extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a floor cross-member (6) that is connected to the rocker (4) and the floor tunnel member (5) and that extends in the vehicle-width direction; and a floor panel (7) that is connected to the windshield pillar (3), the rocker (4), the floor tunnel member (5), and the floor cross-member (6) and that forms the floor of the vehicle compartment.

Abstract: An armrest frame (5A) bends at a hinge groove (5A2), which serves as a weak portion, when an impact load is applied to the armrest frame (5A) in an armrest (5) following a side impact with another vehicle. As a result, the armrest (5) is allowed to move toward the inside, in the vehicle width direction, during a side impact with another vehicle, thus ensuring the movement of a seated individual toward the inside, in the vehicle width direction. The vehicle armrest (5) also provides the same sense of stability as an armrest as a conventional armrest during normal use at times other than when there is a side impact with another vehicle.

Abstract: A front structure 1 of a vehicle body has a shock absorber receiver 13 projecting forward from a dash panel 3, which is located at a position corresponding to a shock absorber 8 in a vehicle width direction and in a vehicle height direction. In the front structure 1 of the vehicle body, the shock absorber receiver 13 restricts backward movement of the shock absorber 8 upon a collision of a vehicle 2, so that a collision load acting on the shock absorber 8 can be efficiently dispersed to a framework of the vehicle body while being transmitted through the shock absorber receiver 13 to the dash panel 3. When the shock absorber 8 moves backward upon the collision of the vehicle 2, the shock absorber 8 comes into contact with the shock absorber receiver 13, and the distance becomes shorter between support points of the shock absorber 8 than before, so as to enhance flexural rigidity and reaction force.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a vehicle body front-part structure which can efficiently disperse an impact load acting on the front part of a vehicle. In the vehicle body front-part structure in accordance with the present invention, a portion 6a of a radiator support supporting an upper part of a radiator arranged in the front part of a vehicle 2 is connected to a skeleton 9 of the vehicle body by a pair of first radiator support supporting members 4 which support it from both sides in the vehicle width direction, and second radiator support supporting members 11, 12 which are arranged on the inner side of the pair of first radiator support supporting members 4 in the vehicle width direction and support it from the backside.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a vehicle body structure enabling side members to absorb impact in a simple configuration even in the event of a collision between vehicles with different bumper heights. The vehicle body structure to be installed in a front part or in a rear part of a vehicle is provided with a flexural portion disposed in each side member extending in the anteroposterior direction of the vehicle and having a vertical bending strength smaller than that of the other part, and is also provided with a pendent portion hung on a lower part of the side member on the outer end side with respect to the flexural portion and having an anteroposterior bending strength larger than the bending strength of the flexural portion.