VEHICLE BODY FRONT STRUCTURE

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VEHICLE BODY FRONT STRUCTURE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18916793 titled 'VEHICLE BODY FRONT STRUCTURE

Original Abstract Submitted

This vehicle body front structure includes front side frames extending from sides of a front part of a vehicle substantially in a forward/rearward direction, and a load transfer block that is a casting part configured to connect rear parts of the front side frames to separate frame members, the load transfer block having a frame insertion part that opens forward, and into which the rear region of the front side frames is inserted from the opening, and a load support wall standing from an edge portion of the opening in a direction substantially perpendicular to the forward/rearward direction, a bracket protruding in a direction crossing the forward/rearward direction and abutting a front surface of the load support wall being provided at a position in front of an area of the front side frames inserted into the frame insertion part, the front side frames being fastened and fixed to a circumferential wall of the frame insertion part in the upward/downward direction by a first fastening member and fastened and fixed to the circumferential wall from a vehicle width direction by a second fastening member in a state in which the rear region is inserted into the frame insertion part of the load transfer block, and the bracket being fastened and fixed to the load support wall of the load transfer block in the forward/rearward direction by a third fastening member.