VEHICLE BODY FRONT STRUCTURE

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VEHICLE BODY FRONT STRUCTURE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18916767 titled 'VEHICLE BODY FRONT STRUCTURE

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This vehicle body front structure includes a floor member disposed below a passenger compartment, front side frames extending forward from positions above the floor member in front of the passenger compartment, a dashboard lower panel standing forward and upward from a front part of the floor member and configured to cover the front of the passenger compartment, and a load transfer block that is an integrated casting part configured to connect rear parts of the front side frames and the front part of the floor member, the load transfer block having: a frame fixing part to which the rear parts of the front side frames are fixed, a floor fixing part to which the front part of the floor member is fixed, and a connecting wall extending substantially along the dashboard lower panel and configured to connect the frame fixing part and the floor fixing part, and a plurality of upper reinforcement ribs standing upward and extending in a forward/rearward direction being provided on an upper surface side of the connecting wall and spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction.