Front body structure for vehicle
DRIVE
May 2, 2003
A front body structure is provided to disperse an impact load to a floor framework member (8) through a rear end of a subframe (11) effectively. The subframe (11) includes a left side frame (12L), a right side frame (12R) and a rear frame (13). Each of the side frames (12L,12R) includes a forked part (14) having an inside branch part (14a) pointing to a vehicle's inside in a width direction of the vehicle along a first route A and an outside branch part (14b) pointing to a vehicle's outside in the width direction along a second route (B). In operation, if an impact load (F) due to an offset front collision is applied on the side frame (12) in concentration, then the load (F) is divided into a load component (Fa) to be transmitted to the other side frame (12L) through the inside branch part (14a) and the rear frame (13) along the first route (A) and another load component (Fb) to be transmitted to the floor framework member (8) through the outside branch part (14b) along the second route (B).
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