Front structure for vehicle

Abstract

A front pillar (17) of a front corner member (16) provided between a side edge of a windshield (13) and a front edge of a side glass (14d) is formed in a tubular shape by joining a pillar inner panel (31) and a pillar outer panel (32). A front overlapping part (33) of the front pillar is formed by joining a pillar outer surface of a first front flange (31b) of the pillar inner panel and a pillar inner surface of a second front flange (32b) of the pillar outer panel. A rear overlapping part (34) is formed by joining a pillar inner surface of a first rear flange (31c) of the pillar inner panel and a pillar inner surface of a second rear flange (32c) of the pillar outer panel. A side edge inner surface of the windshield is fixed to the pillar outer surface of the front overlapping part. The width, as seen from a driver, of the front pillar is narrowed while its rigidity is kept, and thereby the width of a forward view field is enlarged and visibility on the far side of the front corner member is improved.

Description

Technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the structure of a front corner member composed of a front pillar and a door frame, and a front corner member composed of a front pillar of a truck, a car, a passenger car, and the like. Background technique [0002] Among the fatal accidents involving small trucks, small trucks collided with pedestrians crossing the intersection when they turned right at the intersection. Specifically, according to the statistics of fatal accidents involving small trucks in 2000, as the object of the accident, as shown in Figure 7, pedestrians accounted for 98 out of 465 people, which is the most, and bicycle drivers accounted for 96 out of 465 people. People are the second most. And when the objects of the accident are pedestrians and cyclists, taking the actions of pedestrians and cyclists, as shown in Figure 8, 99 out of 194 people are crossing the intersection (pedestrians: 45, Cyclists: 54 people) is the most. Furthermore, when the obj...

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Problems solved by technology

One reason why there are many accidents where small trucks collide with pedestrians crossing the intersection when turning right at the intersection can enumerate the example shown in Figure 10. When the small truck 1 will turn right and enter the intersection 5, the small truck The driver 2 of 10 is attracted by the oncoming vehicle going straight and does not notice the pedestrian 8 who is crossing the sidewalk 3 on the right turning side. When the oncoming vehicle going straight disappears and the small truck 1 starts to turn right, he observes the right turn sidewalk 3, therefore, the pedestrian 8 is hidden by the front corner part 6 on the driver's seat side and is difficult to identify

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