Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Front structure of vehicle
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Application No.: US15876232Application Date: 2018-01-22
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Publication No.: US10596994B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Yoshimoto , Takeshi Yamada
- Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Hiroshima
- Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hiroshima
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2017-027497 20170217
- Main IPC: B60R19/52
- IPC: B60R19/52 ; B60R21/34 ; B62D21/15

Abstract:
A grill bracket, a rear end portion of which is fixed to a shroud, is provided below a fascia upper member which is provided in front of a bonnet (engine hood). A front-side portion of the grill bracket is configured as an impact absorbing structure (a rib structure with ribs, for example) which extends forward along a back face of the fascia upper member. A front end portion of the impact absorbing structure is configured to be bent downward. Impact absorption for a relatively-small load which is applied from an upward side is attained by downward-bending deformation of the grill bracket (the front-side portion). Impact absorption for a relatively-large load which is applied from a forward side is attained by a bracing operation as well as downward-bending deformation of the front-side portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180236966A1 FRONT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2018-08-23
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