Patent attributes
In a front windshield support structure of a vehicle, a windshield support 17 supports the lower end of a front windshield 18 in the upper portion of a reinforcing part 16 of a dashboard upper part 14. The windshield support 17 includes a front-side member 21 and a rear-side member 20 whose upper portions supporting the front windshield 18 are connected to each other and whose lower portions are connected to the dashboard upper part 14. The front-side member 21 is bent into a chevron shape in cross section such that a vertically intermediate part thereof projects forward. The rear-side member 20 is bent into a chevron shape in cross section such that a vertically intermediate part thereof projects rearward. Together, the front-side member 21 and the rear-side member 20 form a box-shaped cross section. When a collision load is inputted to the front windshield 18, the windshield support 17 is deformed and crushed such that vertically intermediate portions of the front-side member 20 and the rear-side member 21 are deformed so as to go away from each other, thereby minimizing a space which remains uncrushed to enhance the shock absorbing effect.
