Vehicle Front Body Structure with Protruding Wire Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicle front body structures are vulnerable to theft as the hood release wire can be manipulated from the front of the vehicle, allowing unauthorized access and potential theft by hooking the wire through air inlet openings.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle front body structure with a support having protruding portions that hinder visual access to the hood release wire and burglar alarm wire from the front side, preventing improper manipulation and theft by covering these wires and positioning them to be difficult to access from the front.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the wire is arranged to extend from a lateral side of the radiator shroud and along a front surface of the radiator shroud, then it becomes unnecessary to provide a wire-penetration through-hole in the radiator shroud, enhancing rigidity of the radiator shroud, but it enables manipulation from the front of the vehicle to open the hood
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a support structure with a protruding portion as an intermediary element between the wire and the external environment. This protruding portion acts as a mediator that physically blocks access to the wire from the front of the vehicle, preventing thieves from manipulating the wire through air inlet openings while maintaining the wire's functional connection between the lateral side of the radiator shroud and the latch mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The protruding portion of the support is positioned in advance to hinder visual and physical access to the wire from the front side of the vehicle. This preliminary protective measure prevents potential manipulation before any theft attempt can occur, by making the wire inaccessible through the air inlet openings of the grill.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the wire is arranged to extend from a lateral side of the radiator shroud, then visual access to the wire from the front is possible, but the protruding portion of the support hinders this visual access, suppressing theft risk
Solution Approach 1:
The protruding portion of the support serves as an intermediary barrier that selectively blocks visual access to the wire from the front direction while not interfering with the wire's functional operation. This mediator element allows necessary visibility for maintenance from appropriate angles while preventing theft-related visual reconnaissance from the front.
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AI summary
A vehicle front body structure comprises: a hood for covering a top of an engine compartment provided in a front section of a vehicle; an engagement element provided at a front section of the hood; a radiator shroud provided at a front section of the engine compartment; an engagement counterpart element provided in front of the radiator shroud and engageable with the engagement element; a wire arranged to extend from a lateral side of the radiator shroud and pass through a position in front of the radiator shroud, and coupled to the engagement counterpart element; and a support supporting the engagement counterpart element with respect to the radiator shroud. The support has a protruding portion which protrudes toward a position capable of hindering at least a part of the wire from being visually seen from a front side of the vehicle body.