A vehicle frame structure has a front side member that extends forward from a dashwall. An engine cradle is attached to the front side member with a lateral side portion of the engine cradle being located beneath and spaced apart from a lower surface of the front side member. An engine installed to the engine cradle with a portion of the engine extending upward from the engine cradle adjacent to an inboard surface of the front side member, A push-off structure is attached to an outboard surface of the front side member adjacent to a front end surface of the front side member. A portion of the push-off structure extends outboard from the outboard surface. Another portion of the push-off structure extends downward below the lower surface of the front side member toward the lateral portion of the engine cradle and the engine.

A vehicle frame structure has a front side member that extends forward from a dashwall. An engine cradle is attached to the front side member with a lateral side portion of the engine cradle being located beneath and spaced apart from a lower surface of the front side member. An engine is installed to the engine cradle with a portion of the engine extending upward from the engine cradle adjacent to the inboard surface of the front side member. An inboard push structure has an inboard surface, an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion is attached to an inboard surface of the front side member. The lower portion extends downward below a lower surface of the front side member. The inboard surface faces the engine proximate the lateral portion of the lateral side portion of the engine cradle.

To sufficiently improve the distortion stiffness of a vehicle body in a case in which no floor tunnel largely bulging upward from a floor panel is provided. A vehicle-body structure includes a floor panel constituting a floor of an occupant space including a seat on which a passenger is to sit, a cross member provided at a rear portion of the floor panel and extending in a vehicle width direction, a center frame disposed to be higher than and away from the floor panel at a vehicle-width-direction central portion of the occupant space and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a connecting member connecting the cross member and a rear portion of the center frame.

An embodiment vehicle front structure including a front subframe disposed in a lower portion of a front compartment of a vehicle, the front subframe configured to support one or more front components, a guide member attached to a lower portion of a dash panel, the dash panel dividing the front compartment and a passenger compartment, and the guide member including an inclined wall that is inclined downwardly toward a bottom of the vehicle, a floor connected to the dash panel, and a battery disposed under the floor, wherein the guide member is located in front of the battery.

A front portion of a vehicle body includes front side frames, a subframe, and a vehicle compartment front structure body. The subframe has a subframe body and a pair of rear fastening portions fastened to a vehicle compartment front structure body in left and right rear regions of the subframe body. The rear fastening portion has a tubular body through which a bolt penetrates in a vertical direction, and a convex portion protruding from the tubular body toward a vehicle rear side. The vehicle compartment front structure body has a support plate extending substantially horizontally in which the tubular body is fastened to a lower surface of the support plate by the bolt, and a fall restricting wall facing the convex portion from the vehicle rear side at a position rearward of a fastening portion of the support plate fastened with the bolt.

An embodiment structure for a vehicle includes a front-end module carrier, a front side member, a fender apron assembly disposed on an upper portion of the front side member, and connecting members connecting the front-end module carrier and the fender apron assembly. Another embodiment structure for a vehicle includes a front side member, a front-end module carrier, a fender apron assembly disposed on an upper portion of the front side member, the fender apron assembly including a shock absorber housing coupled to the upper portion of the front side member, and connecting members connecting the front-end module carrier and the fender apron assembly, the connecting members including a lower connecting member extending from the front-end module carrier and connecting the shock absorber housing and the front side member.

Longitudinal members for motor vehicles may generally include a supporting element that is releasably connectable to an energy absorption mechanism. The supporting element may typically include a joining zone that can be used to secure the supporting element to one or more chassis or drive components of the motor vehicle. The supporting element and the energy absorption mechanism may be comprised of fiber-reinforced plastic. More specifically, the supporting element may be comprised of a plurality of length portions having different fiber orientations. For example, a first length portion may have fibers oriented substantially parallel to a horizontal longitudinal plane about which the supporting element is positioned, whereas a second length portion between the first length portion and the energy absorption mechanism may have intersecting fibers oriented oblique to the horizontal longitudinal plane.

A front vehicle body structure includes a fender apron upper member, a shock absorber housing disposed under the fender apron upper member, and a front side member disposed under the shock absorber housing, and the fender apron upper member, the shock absorber housing and the front side member are integrally formed.

A hybrid structural assembly for a motor vehicle includes a casting and a structural inlay. The casting includes a plurality of structural components joined together in a casting process to form structural load paths and extending in a plurality of directions in a 3D space. The casting includes a cast-allowable alloy material. The structural inlay is secured to at least one of the structural components. The structural inlay includes a material having at least one of a higher ductility and a higher toughness than the cast-allowable alloy material.

A tractor includes: a vehicle body; an engine compartment; a driving unit that: is disposed behind the engine compartment, and includes: a brake pedal that includes: a support shaft; and a pedal arm portion; a master cylinder that is operated by the brake pedal and disposed further toward a vehicle-body back side than the support shaft; and a return spring that biases the brake pedal to swing back to a brake off position; and a partition that: is disposed further toward a vehicle-body front side than the brake pedal, and separates the engine compartment and the driving unit from each other, the return spring being engaged to the partition and to the pedal arm portion.