JP2008120144A - Front structure of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a front structure of an automobile capable of adopting a layout and a vehicle design enabling a headlight to approach a front side frame while suppressing the deformation of the flange part of the front end of the front side frame by abutting on the headlight when the headlight retreats. <P>SOLUTION: The front structure of the automobile is provided with the headlight 17 arranged in such a way that the lower surface of a lamp housing 33 is partially lapped with the upper part of the flange part 18 of the front side frame 1 in a front view. A tilting part 37 which tilts downward from the rear side to the front side or the tilting part 37 and a horizontal part are formed from the partially lapping position of the headlight 7 to the lower surface of the lamp housing 33 at the front side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a front structure of an automobile in which a headlamp is disposed adjacent to the front and upper side of a front side frame.

Conventionally, there is a structure disclosed in Patent Document 1 as the front structure of the automobile in the above example.
That is, a front side frame having a flange portion formed at the front end, a bumper reinforcement having a flange portion formed at the rear end fastened to the flange portion of the front side frame, a valve, and the valve This is a front structure of an automobile which includes a head lamp including a lamp housing to be accommodated and a lens attached to a front portion of the lamp housing, and the head lamp is disposed adjacent to the front side frame and adjacent to the front side frame.

  In this conventional structure, since the lower surface of the lamp housing of the headlamp does not wrap with the upper part of the flange portion of the front side frame in front view, there is no particular problem. Is set at a slightly lower position, and the structure in which the lower surface of the lamp housing of the headlamp partially wraps with the upper part of the flange of the front side frame when viewed from the front causes the following problems. To do.

In other words, the headlamp has a lens fitted to the receiving portion on the housing side, and the headlamp retracts in the case of a slight frontal collision of the vehicle because the mating portion protrudes. There is a problem that the flange portion of the front side frame is in contact with the flange portion and the flange portion is deformed. In short, it is inevitable that the bumper reinforcement and headlamp will be deformed or damaged at the time of the collision, but if the flange (vehicle body side component) at the front end of the front side frame is deformed, the vehicle body side component must be repaired. There is a problem that is.
JP 2005-178705 A

  Accordingly, the present invention is arranged such that the lower surface of the lamp housing is partially wrapped with the upper portion of the flange portion of the front side frame when viewed from the front, and the front lamp housing from the partially wrapped portion. The flange on the front end of the front side frame due to contact with the headlamp when the headlamp is retracted by having a lower surface provided with an inclined portion that descends from the rear toward the front, or with the inclined portion and the horizontal portion. An object of the present invention is to provide a front structure of an automobile that can adopt a layout and vehicle design in which a headlamp is brought close to a front side frame while suppressing deformation of the vehicle.

A front structure of an automobile according to the present invention includes a front side frame having a flange portion formed at a front end, a bumper reinforcement in which a flange portion formed at a rear end is fastened to the flange portion of the front side frame, and a valve. A lamp housing for accommodating the bulb and a lens attached to the front of the lamp housing, and disposed adjacent to the front side of the front side frame and adjacent to the front side frame. A headlamp disposed so as to partially wrap with the upper portion of the flange portion of the side frame, and descends from the partly wrapping part of the headlamp to the front surface of the lamp housing on the front side as it goes from the rear to the front. An inclined part, or an inclined part and a horizontal part are formed.
According to the above configuration, when the vehicle collides, the headlamp moves backward, but since the inclined portion described above is provided on the lower surface of the lamp housing of the headlamp, this inclined portion is the flange portion at the front end of the front side frame. Since the headlamp is displaced in a direction of escaping from the flange portion due to the shape of the inclined portion, deformation of the flange portion at the front end of the front side frame is suppressed. That is, it is possible to adopt a layout and vehicle design in which the headlamp is brought close to the front side frame while suppressing deformation of the vehicle body side parts.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the inclined portion is formed such that a front end extends to a mating surface between the lens of the headlamp and the lamp housing, and a lower end of the front end of the inclined portion is the lens of the headlamp and the lamp housing. It is formed so as to be at the same position as or below the mating surface.
According to the said structure, contact | abutting with the flange part of a front side frame front end and the mating surface of a headlamp can be reliably prevented in the above-mentioned inclination part.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the inclined portion is constituted by a plurality of ribs extending in the front-rear direction on the lower surface of the lamp housing and spaced apart in the vehicle width direction.
According to the above configuration, the inclined portion can be easily formed by the plurality of ribs, and the rigidity of the lamp housing can be improved by the ribs. That is, it is possible to achieve both the improvement of the rigidity of the lamp housing and the easy formation of the inclined portion.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a shroud is attached between the front side frames, and an inner end side of the headlamp is attached to the shroud, and the headlamp and the shroud or the shroud and the front side frame are provided. The attachment portion is configured to be detached when a load exceeding a predetermined value is applied from the front.
You may set at the time of the light collision of the vehicle at the time of the above-mentioned predetermined load action.
According to the above-described configuration, the mounting portion between the headlamp and the shroud or the mounting portion between the shroud and the front side frame is detached when a load exceeding a predetermined value is applied to the vehicle from the front. Damage to the frame can be prevented.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a projecting piece extending toward the shroud is integrally formed on the inner side of the lamp housing in the vehicle width direction so that the projecting piece is broken when a predetermined load or more is applied from the front. It is attached to the shroud.
According to the above configuration, the protruding piece for attaching the lamp housing to the shroud is surely broken when a load exceeding a predetermined value is applied from the front, so that it is possible to reliably prevent the vehicle body side parts from being damaged when the headlamp is retracted. Can do.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a shroud side member that bridges the front side frame front portion and a vehicle body side wall is provided, and the upper portion of the shroud is attached to the upper surface of the shroud side member, and at the inner end of the front side frame. The shroud side member and the plate-like bracket are provided so as not to interfere with the headlamps.
According to the above configuration, since the shroud side member and the plate-shaped bracket are provided so as not to interfere with the headlamp, damage to the shroud side member and the plate-shaped bracket as the vehicle body side parts may be caused when the headlamp is retracted. It can be avoided.

  According to the present invention, the head lamp is disposed so that the lower surface of the lamp housing is partially overlapped with the upper portion of the flange portion of the front side frame when viewed from the front, and the front lamp housing from the partially wrapped portion. Since the lower surface has an inclined portion that descends from the rear toward the front, or is provided with the inclined portion and a horizontal portion, the flange portion at the front end of the front side frame due to contact with the head lamp when the head lamp is retracted While suppressing the deformation, it is possible to adopt a layout and vehicle design that make the headlamp close to the front side frame.

  The purpose of the front end is to allow the layout of the headlamp to be close to the front side frame and the adoption of a vehicle design while suppressing the deformation of the flange on the front end of the front side frame due to the headlamp contact when the headlamp is retracted. A front side frame having a flange portion; a bumper reinforcement in which a flange portion formed at a rear end thereof is fastened to the flange portion of the front side frame; a bulb; a lamp housing for housing the bulb; and the lamp housing And a lens attached to the front portion, and disposed adjacent to the front and upper side of the front side frame, and the lower surface of the lamp housing partially wraps with the upper portion of the flange portion of the front side frame in a front view. A headlamp disposed as follows: The lamp housing lower surface and some wrapping portion of the front side of the serial headlamps, ramps down toward the rear to the front, or were realized by configuration of forming an inclined portion and a horizontal portion.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
The drawing shows the front structure of an automobile. In FIG. 1, front side frames 1 and 1 are provided as body frames extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle on both left and right sides of an engine room E. As shown in FIG. 3, the front side frame 1 is a vehicle body rigid member having a closed cross section 4 that joins a front side frame inner 2 and a front side frame outer 3 and extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

On the other hand, a pair of left and right apron reinforcements 5 and 5 projecting forward from the vehicle from hinge pillars (not shown) are provided.
As shown in FIG. 2, the apron reinforcement 5 is a vehicle body rigid member that has an apron reinforcement upper 6 and an apron reinforcement lower 7 and has a closed section 8 that extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. is there.

  Then, left and right apron panels 9 and 9 are provided in which the upper part on the outer side of the vehicle is joined and fixed to the apron reinforcement 5 and the lower part of the inner side of the vehicle is connected to the front side frame 1. The suspension tower 11 is integrally or integrally formed.

  2 is a front view of one side (left side) of FIG. 1. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a shroud 12 (so-called radiator shroud) is disposed between the front portions of the left and right front side frames 1 and 1. As shown in FIG. ). The shroud 12 is a combination of left and right side portions 12S, 12S, an upper portion 12U, and a lower portion 12L in a square frame shape when viewed from the front.

  3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, that is, a vertical cross-sectional view taken along a fastening portion of the shroud 12 to the vehicle body. As shown in FIGS. A plate-like bracket 13 is erected along the inner end of the front portion, and a shroud side member is disposed between the upper portion of the plate-like bracket 13 and the front portion of the apron reinforcement 5 described above. 14 is stretched. Here, the plate-like bracket 13 described above is configured so as to improve the rigidity of the bracket 13 itself by forming its cross-sectional structure in a U shape or a hat shape.

  The above-described shroud side member 14 is configured to have a portal cross-sectional shape so as to ensure the rigidity of the shroud side member 14 itself, and the front portion of the shroud side member 14 is formed of the plate-like bracket 13. The upper part of the shroud side member 14 is welded and fixed to the front part of the apron reinforcement 5.

  On the other hand, the upper portion 12U of the above-described shroud 12 is integrally formed with a mounting piece 12a protruding outward in the vehicle direction as shown in FIG. 3, and this mounting piece 12a is used with a fastening member such as a bolt 15 and a nut 16. The shroud side member 14 is attached to the front upper surface.

  That is, the above-described shroud 12 is mounted on the upper surface of the shroud side member 14 and supported by the front side frame 1 via a plate-like bracket 13 erected along the inner end of the front side frame 1. The shroud side member 14 and the plate-like bracket 13 are provided so as not to interfere with a headlamp 17 described later.

  4 is a cross-sectional view of the main part taken along line BB of FIG. 2, and as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4, a flange portion 18 is integrally formed at the front end of the front side frame 1. As shown in FIG. On the other hand, a bumper reinforcement 20 having a flange portion 19 at the rear end is provided.

  The bumper reinforcement 20 is joined to the front part of the pair of left and right crash cans 21 and 21 corresponding to the front part of the left and right front side frames 1 and 1, and the width of the vehicle. A bumper beam 22 extending in the direction and a pair of left and right pre-crash cans 23 and 23 corresponding to the front of the left and right front side frames 1 and 1 are provided.

The above-mentioned crush can 21 has joining flanges 21a and 21b on the front and rear sides thereof,
The flange portion 19 is joined and fixed to the rear joining flange 21b. The bumper beam 22 has a joining flange 22 a at the rear end thereof, and the joining flange 22 a is joined and fixed to the joining flange 21 a on the front side of the crash can 21. Further, the above-described pre-crash can 23 has a rear end joined and fixed to the front surface of the bumper beam 22.

  Then, the flange 18 at the front end of the front side frame 1 and the flange 19 at the rear end of the bumper reinforcement 20 are fastened by using a plurality of sets of fastening members such as bolts 24 and nuts 25 as shown in FIG. It is fixed.

  FIG. 5 is a front view of the main part of the vehicle. The upper part of the engine room E is covered with a bonnet 26, the vehicle body side part is covered with a fender panel 27, and a bumper reinforcement 20 has a bumper face at the front part. 28 is provided. Further, traveling air is supplied to the radiator (heat exchanger) held by the shroud 12 from both the opening 29 formed in the vehicle width direction center of the bumper face 28 and the opening of the front grill 30. It is configured.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 4, the above-described headlamp 17 is arranged adjacent to the front side and the upper side of the front side frame 1. As shown in FIG. 6 (however, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. 2), the headlamp 17 includes bulbs 31 and 32 and a lamp housing 33 that houses these bulbs 31 and 32. A lens 34 (specifically, an outer lens) attached to the front portion of the lamp housing 33, a reflector 35, and the like. The lens 34 is fitted and fixed at a mating surface 36 at the front portion of the lamp housing 33.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the lower surface of the lamp housing 33 is disposed so as to partially wrap with the upper portion of the flange portion 18 of the front side frame 1 by a distance L in front view.

If both the 33 and 18 overlap in front view, when the headlamp 17 moves backward during a vehicle collision (particularly during a slight frontal collision), the flange 18 as a vehicle body side component may be deformed or damaged. Therefore, for the purpose of suppressing this, the part of the headlamp 17 that wraps partly, that is, the part facing the flange portion 18 of the front side frame 1, the front surface of the lamp housing 33 on the lower surface is provided from the rear to the front. An inclined portion 37 is formed that descends as it goes.
The inclined portion 37 shown in FIG. 4 is a continuous inclined portion extending to the mating surface 36 between the lens 34 of the headlamp 17 and the lamp housing 33, and the lower end of the front end of the inclined portion 37 is the same as the mating surface 36. It is formed to be a position (same height position).

  4 and 7 (however, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a single headlamp when the headlamp 17 is viewed from below and rearward), as shown in FIGS. 4 and 7. A plurality of ribs 37R extending in the direction and spaced apart in the vehicle width direction.

  FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the headlamp arrangement part. As shown in FIGS. 2, 7, and 8, two protrusions extending toward the shroud 12 are provided on the inner side of the lamp housing 33 in the vehicle width direction. The pieces 38 and 39 are integrally formed so that each of the protruding pieces 38 and 39 breaks (see FIG. 10) when a predetermined load or more is applied from the front (load input due to a slight frontal collision of the vehicle). These protruding pieces 38 and 39 are attached to attachment portions 12b and 12c in the side portion 12S of the shroud 12.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the upper protruding piece 38 of the lamp housing 33 is connected to the upper mounting portion 12 b of the shroud side portion 12 </ b> S using bolts and nuts 40, and the lower protruding piece of the lamp housing 33. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, 39 is connected to a substantially U-shaped attachment portion 12 c below the shroud side portion 12 </ b> S using bolts and nuts 41.

  In short, the inner end side of the headlamp 17 is attached to the shroud 12, and the attachment portion (see the protruding pieces 38 and 39) of the headlamp 17 and the shroud 12 is attached so as to be detached when a predetermined load or more is applied from the front. It is what was done.

  Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 3, the headlamp 17 is arranged so as not to interfere with the aforementioned shroud side member 14 and the plate-like bracket 13, and the lamp housing 33 outside the rear vehicle in the headlamp 17 is provided. As shown in a side view in FIG. 9, the front end bent portion 27 a of the fender panel 27 is attached using a plurality of sets of bolts and nuts 42 and 42.

  In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 43 denotes a part of the closing plate that closes the rear part of the bumper beam 22 that is open at the rear. A part of the closing plate 43 is formed wider than the vertical width of the bumper beam 22. The closing plate 43 and the bumper beam 22 are attached to the front surface of the side portion 12S of the shroud 12 using bolts and nuts 44. In the figure, arrow F indicates the front of the vehicle, arrow R indicates the rear of the vehicle, arrow IN indicates the inner side of the vehicle, arrow OUT indicates the outer side of the vehicle, and arrow UP indicates the upper side of the vehicle.

The illustrated embodiment is configured as described above, and the operation will be described below.
If a load X (see FIG. 10) from the front is applied to the headlamp 17 during a slight frontal collision (light collision) of the vehicle, the protruding pieces 38 and 39 of the lamp housing 33 are in the normal state of FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the headlamp 17 and the shroud 12 are detached from each other, and the headlamp 17 moves backward.

The lower surface of the lamp housing 33 of the headlamp 17 partially wraps with the upper portion of the flange portion 18 of the front side frame 1 in a front view, and the lower surface of the lamp housing 33 comes into contact with the flange portion 18 as the headlamp 17 recedes. Since the inclined portion 37 is formed on the lower surface of the lamp housing 33, the headlamp 17 is displaced in the direction of escaping from the flange portion 18 due to the shape of the inclined portion 37, so that the flange portion 18 at the front end of the front side frame 1 is deformed. Can be suppressed.
Further, since the headlamp 17 is disposed so as not to interfere with the shroud side member 14 and the plate-like bracket 13 (see FIG. 3), damage to these vehicle body side parts can also be avoided.

As described above, the front structure of the vehicle of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 10 includes the front side frame 1 in which the flange portion 18 is formed at the front end and the flange portion 19 formed in the rear end. A bumper reinforcement 20 fastened to one flange portion 18, a bulb 31, 32, a lamp housing 33 for housing the bulb 31, 32, and a lens 34 attached to the front of the lamp housing 33. A headlamp that is disposed adjacent to the front side of the front side frame 1 and adjacent to the front side frame 1 so that the lower surface of the lamp housing 33 partially wraps with the upper portion of the flange portion 18 of the front side frame 1 in a front view. 17 and a rear surface of the lamp housing 33 on the front side from a part of the headlamp 17 that is partially wrapped, An inclined portion 37 is formed which descends from the side toward the front (see FIGS. 4 and 6).
According to this configuration, when the vehicle collides, the headlamp 17 moves backward. However, since the inclined portion 37 is provided on the lower surface of the lamp housing 33 of the headlamp 17, the inclined portion 37 is provided on the front side. When the headlamp 17 comes into contact with the flange portion 18 at the front end of the frame 1, the headlamp 17 is displaced in a direction to escape from the flange portion 18 due to the shape of the inclined portion 37, so that deformation of the flange portion 18 at the front end of the front side frame 1 is suppressed. That is, it is possible to adopt a layout and vehicle design in which the headlamp 17 is brought close to the front side frame 1 while suppressing deformation of the vehicle body side parts.

The inclined portion 37 is formed so that the front end extends to the mating surface 36 between the lens 34 of the headlamp 17 and the lamp housing 33, and the lower end of the front end of the inclined portion 37 is connected to the lens 34 of the headlamp 17. It is formed so as to be at the same height as the mating surface 36 with the lamp housing 33 (see FIG. 4). In other words, the inclined portion 37 continues from the rear portion to the front portion reaching the mating surface 36 and has no step in the middle portion.
According to this configuration, it is possible to reliably prevent contact between the flange portion 18 at the front end of the front side frame 1 and the mating surface 36 of the headlamp 17 by the inclined portion 37 described above.

Further, the inclined portion 37 is constituted by a plurality of ribs 37R extending in the front-rear direction on the lower surface of the lamp housing 33 and spaced apart in the vehicle width direction (see FIG. 7).
According to this configuration, the inclined portion 37 can be easily formed by the plurality of ribs 37R, and the rigidity of the lamp housing 33 can be improved by the ribs 37R. That is, it is possible to achieve both improvement in rigidity of the lamp housing 33 and easy formation of the inclined portion 37.

In addition, a shroud 12 is attached between the front side frames 1 and 1, and an inner end side of the headlamp 17 is attached to the shroud 12, and an attachment portion (protrusion) between the headlamp 17 and the shroud 12 is provided. The pieces 38 and 39) are configured to be detached when a predetermined load or more is applied from the front (see FIGS. 2 and 10).
According to this configuration, the mounting portion between the headlamp 17 and the shroud 12 is detached when a load more than a predetermined value is applied to the vehicle from the front, so that damage to the front side frame 1 when the headlamp 17 is retracted can be prevented. it can.

Further, projecting pieces 38 and 39 extending toward the shroud 12 are integrally formed on the inner end side in the vehicle width direction of the lamp housing 33 so that the projecting pieces 38 and 39 are broken when a predetermined load or more is applied from the front. And attached to the shroud 12 (see FIGS. 2 and 10).
According to this configuration, the projecting pieces 38 and 39 for attaching the lamp housing 33 to the shroud 12 are surely broken when a load exceeding a predetermined value is applied from the front, so that the vehicle body side parts are damaged when the headlamp 17 is retracted. Can be reliably prevented.

Further, a shroud side member 14 that bridges the front portion of the front side frame 1 and the side wall of the vehicle body is provided. The upper portion of the shroud 12 is attached to the upper surface of the shroud side member 14 and extends along the inner end of the front side frame 1. The shroud side member 14 and the plate-like bracket 13 are provided so as not to interfere with the headlamp 17 (see FIG. 5). 3).
According to this configuration, since the shroud side member 14 and the plate-like bracket 13 are provided so as not to interfere with the headlamp 17, the shroud side member 14 as the vehicle body side component, the plate-like member when the headlamp 17 is retracted. Damage to the bracket 13 can also be avoided.

FIG. 11 shows another embodiment of the front structure of the automobile. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the front end lower end of the inclined portion 37 formed on the lower surface of the lamp housing 33 of the headlamp 17 is flush with the mating surface 36. In this embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the lower end of the front end of the inclined portion 37 formed on the lower surface of the lamp housing 33 is formed to be lower than the height position of the mating surface. It is.
Even with this configuration, the inclined portion 37 can reliably prevent the flange portion 18 at the front end of the front side frame 1 and the mating surface 36 of the headlamp 17 from coming into contact with each other.

  In this embodiment shown in FIG. 11 as well, the other configurations, operations, and effects are the same as those of the previous embodiment. Therefore, in FIG. Description is omitted.

  FIG. 12 shows still another embodiment of the front structure of the automobile. The front portion of the headlamp 17 is opposed to the flange portion 18 in the up-down direction, and the horizontal portion 45 is inclined downward from the rear toward the front. The portion 37 is formed on the lower surface of the lamp housing 33.

  Even with this configuration, the inclined portion 37 can reliably prevent the flange portion 18 at the front end of the front side frame 1 and the mating surface 36 of the headlamp 17 from coming into contact with each other. Also, in this embodiment shown in FIG. 12, since the other configurations, operations, and effects are the same as those in the previous embodiment, the same parts in FIG. Detailed description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 13 shows still another embodiment of the front structure of the automobile. In front of the portion facing the flange portion 18 of the headlamp 17 in the vertical direction, the front-rear and rear-height inclined portion, that is, from the rear. Inclined portions 37 that descend toward the front and horizontal portions 45 are alternately formed on the lower surface of the lamp housing 33, and the front end of the front horizontal portion 45 is positioned at the same height as the mating surface 36. It is.

  Even if comprised in this way, contact | abutting with the flange part 18 of the front end of the front side frame 1 and the mating surface 36 of the headlamp 17 can be reliably prevented by the inclined parts 37, 37. In this embodiment shown in FIG. 13 as well, the other configurations, operations, and effects are the same as those of the previous embodiment. Therefore, in FIG. Description is omitted.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment,
The mounting portion of the headlamp and the shroud according to the present invention corresponds to the protruding pieces 38 and 39 of the embodiment.
The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

The perspective view which shows the front part structure of the motor vehicle of this invention Main part front view of FIG. Longitudinal sectional view along line AA in FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. Front view of main parts of vehicle CC sectional view taken on line CC in FIG. The perspective view which shows the state which looked at the headlamp from back lower direction Bottom view of the headlamp area Partial side view of FIG. Illustration of light collision Sectional drawing which shows the other Example of the front part structure of a motor vehicle Sectional drawing which shows the further another Example of the front part structure of a motor vehicle Sectional drawing which shows the further another Example of the front part structure of a motor vehicle

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Front side frame 12 ... Shroud 13 ... Bracket 14 ... Shroud side member 17 ... Head lamp 18 ... Flange part 19 ... Flange part 20 ... Bumper reinforcement 31, 32 ... Bulb 33 ... Lamp housing 34 ... Lens 36 ... Mating surface 37 ... Inclined part 37R ... Rib 38, 39 ... Projection piece 45 ... Horizontal part

Claims (6)

Car front structure,
A front side frame with a flange formed at the front end;
A bumper reinforcement in which a flange portion formed at the rear end is fastened to a flange portion of the front side frame;
A lamp housing that houses the bulb, and a lens that is attached to the front of the lamp housing, and is disposed adjacent to the front side of the front side frame and above the front side frame; A headlamp disposed so as to partially wrap with the upper part of the flange portion of the front side frame,
A front structure of an automobile, wherein an inclined portion or an inclined portion and a horizontal portion are formed on a lower surface of a lamp housing on a front side from a part of the headlamp that wraps downward. The inclined portion is formed such that the front end extends to a mating surface between the lens of the headlamp and the lamp housing,
2. The front structure of an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the lower end of the front end of the inclined portion is formed so as to be at the same position as or below the mating surface of the lens of the headlamp and the lamp housing. 3. The front structure of an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the inclined portion is constituted by a plurality of ribs extending in the front-rear direction on the lower surface of the lamp housing and spaced apart in the vehicle width direction. A shroud is attached between the front side frames, and an inner end side of the headlamp is attached to the shroud, and an attachment portion between the headlamp and the shroud or the shroud and the front side frame is a predetermined part from the front. The front structure of an automobile according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the front structure is configured to be detached when the load is applied. A projecting piece extending toward the shroud is integrally formed on the inner end side in the vehicle width direction of the lamp housing,
5. The front structure of an automobile according to claim 4, wherein the protruding piece is attached to the shroud so as to be broken when a predetermined load or more is applied from the front. A shroud side member that bridges the front side frame front and the vehicle body side wall;
The upper portion of the shroud is attached to the upper surface of the shroud side member, and supported by the front side frame via a plate-like bracket that is erected along the inner end of the front side frame, and the shroud side member and the plate-like member are 6. The front structure of an automobile according to claim 4, wherein the bracket is provided so as not to interfere with the headlamp.

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