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A vehicle body structure includes a dash panel that partitions an engine chamber from the vehicle interior. An intake manifold for an engine is housed in the engine chamber, and an air box extends in a direction of the width of the vehicle and is located above the dash panel. A linking member is con

A vehicle body structure includes a dash panel that partitions an engine chamber from the vehicle interior. An intake manifold for an engine is housed in the engine chamber, and an air box extends in a direction of the width of the vehicle and is located above the dash panel. A linking member is connectible to both the dash panel and the air box. At least a portion of the linking member overlaps a portion of the intake manifold in the direction of the width of the vehicle. When an impact occurs external of the vehicle, the shock to which the dash panel is subjected is transmitted to the air box via the linking member. The rigidity of the dash panel is increased to facilitate fracture of intake manifold, and the dash panel is controlled such that the dash panel is prevented from moving toward vehicle interior.

대표청구항 ▼

What is claimed is: 1. A vehicle body structure of a vehicle including an engine, comprising:a dash panel partitioning an engine chamber of the vehicle from a vehicle interior and having a dash panel width in a width direction of the vehicle;an engine intake manifold disposed in the engine chamber a

What is claimed is: 1. A vehicle body structure of a vehicle including an engine, comprising:a dash panel partitioning an engine chamber of the vehicle from a vehicle interior and having a dash panel width in a width direction of the vehicle;an engine intake manifold disposed in the engine chamber and having a first edge and an opposed second edge in the width direction of the vehicle defining an engine intake manifold width;an air box including a bottom wall, at least one front wall and a back wall defined by at least a portion of the dash panel, the air box extending in the width direction of the vehicle and located above the dash panel; anda linking member connected at one end to the dash panel and the air box and having a linking member width in the width direction of the vehicle smaller than both the dash panel width and the engine intake manifold width, at least a portion of the linking member over lapping a portion of a width of the vehicle defined by the first edge and the second edge of the engine intake manifold.