To improve pedestrian protection performance of a vehicle including a cowl panel having a front lengthways plate and a lateral lengthways plate continuing with a bent part between them.SOLUTION: A cowl panel 1 includes a front lengthways plate 12 that stands in a vehicle width direction, a lateral lengthways plate 13 that bends at an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the front lengthways plate 12, extends backward, and stands, a front sideways plate 14 that extends forwards from the lower edge of the front lengthways plate 12, and a lateral sideways plate 15 that extends outside in the vehicle width direction from the lower edge of the lateral lengthways plate 13. The cowl panel is disposed below the rear part of an engine hood 3. A cowl support surface 7 includes a front support surface 8 and a lateral support surface 9 on which the front sideways plate 14 and the lateral sideways plate 15 respectively of the cowl panel 1 are placed. A rear edge 8a of the front support surface 8 and an inner edge 9a in the vehicle width direction of the lateral support surface 9 define a concave space 10 that is concave downwards. The lower end of a bent part 18 between the front lengthways plate 12 and the lateral lengthways plate 13 is disposed above the concave space 10 away from the cowl support surface 7.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
【課題】前縦板部と側縦板部とが曲折部を介して連続するカウルパネルを備えた車両における歩行者保護性能の向上。【解決手段】カウルパネル1は、車幅方向に沿って起立する前縦板部12と、前縦板部12の車幅方向外端から曲折して後方へ延びて起立する側縦板部13と、前縦板部12の下端縁から前方へ延びる前横板部14と、側縦板部13の下端縁から車幅方向外側へ延びる側横板部15とを有し、エンジンフード3の後部下方に配置される。カウル支持面7は、カウルパネル1の前横板部14と側横板部15とがそれぞれ載置される前支持面8と側支持面9とを有する。前支持面8の後端縁8aと側支持面9の車幅方向内端縁9aとは、下方へ凹む凹状空間10を区画する。前縦板部12と側縦板部13との間の曲折部18の下端は、カウル支持面7から外れて凹状空間10の上方に配置されている。【選択図】図1
FRONT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE
車両の前部構造
2019-02-21
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Japanisch
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE CONNECTING METHOD
Europäisches Patentamt | 2019
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