A sensor mounting structure for a vehicle includes: a fender panel; a cowl side panel provided at a lateral side of a cowl and disposed at an inner side, in a vehicle transverse direction, of the fender panel; a peripheral information detection sensor disposed at an inner side of the rear portion of the fender panel and at an outer side of the cowl side panel, the peripheral information detection sensor having a detection portion facing toward an outer side; and a mounting bracket having a vertical wall to which the peripheral information detection sensor is fixed, the mounting bracket being fixed to a vehicle body side member and being disposed between the peripheral information detection sensor and the cowl side panel.

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 crossmember for a bumper includes an extruded profile base frame with at least two connecting areas, for attaching the crossmember to a vehicle structure, and which are set at a distance from each other along a longitudinal direction. An extruded reinforcing element is fixedly secured to a rear side of the extruded profile base frame between the at least two connecting areas. The crossmember is weight-optimized and which can be produced in a cost-effective manner.

A vehicle may include: an external fender covering a front fender panel; a bumper; and a retainer fixing the external fender and the bumper to the front fender panel, in which the external fender includes an external fender end, the bumper includes a bumper end, and the external fender end and the bumper end are disposed in vicinity to and face each other, the retainer is disposed near a boundary between the external fender end and the bumper end, the retainer is covered by the external fender and the bumper, the external fender end includes an external fender flange protruding inward of the vehicle, the bumper end includes a bumper flange protruding inward of the vehicle, the retainer includes a groove extending along the boundary between the external fender end and the bumper end, and the external fender flange and the bumper flange are inserted in the groove.

A rack of unitary one-piece construction for mounting to a vehicle is disclosed. The rack may be made of plastic, and may be manufactured by injection moulding. The rack may be mounted and fastened to and fastened to a truck bed. The rack protects the rear window and the roof of the truck cab when the rack is mounted to the truck bed. A connector that is received in a stake pocket and fastened to a rail of the truck bed may be used to fasten the rack to the rail of the truck bed. The injection-moulded one piece plastic rack may allow for flexibility of ease of installation and uninstallation at leisure. Line of sight from the cab through the rear window may be provided with the rack mounted to the vehicle. The load supported by the rack may be distributed to its base.

A front protection device for a vehicle includes an intermediate body and two fenders. The two fenders are detachably mounted at two ends of the intermediate body, respectively. A first gap is formed between each of the fenders and an outer surface of the intermediate body. The outer surface of the intermediate body refers to a surface of the intermediate body away from a vehicle body.

The present disclosure relates to a front protection device and a vehicle including the same. The front protection device includes an intermediate body and two fenders. The two fenders are detachably mounted at two ends of the intermediate body, respectively. A first gap is formed between each of the fenders and an outer surface of the intermediate body. The outer surface of the intermediate body refers to a surface of the intermediate body away from a vehicle body.

A bumper beam of a vehicle body structure (1) is provided with a laterally extending laterally middle part (55) and a pair of end parts (56) each extending from a corresponding lateral end of the middle part in an outboard direction with a certain inward slant with respect to a fore and aft direction, and each end part curves at a laterally middle point thereof so as to have a concave side facing outward with respect to the fore and aft direction.

A bumper assembly is provided for a vehicle having a frame. The bumper assembly includes a winch cradle defining a cradle mounting aperture corresponding to a first frame aperture of the frame. A bumper member is configured to at least partially surround the winch cradle and extend laterally from the winch cradle across a portion of the vehicle. The bumper member defines a bumper mounting aperture corresponding to a second frame aperture. The winch cradle is configured to couple to the vehicle frame independent of the bumper member and the bumper member is configured to couple to the vehicle frame independent of the winch cradle.

A vehicle crush can adapted to couple a bumper beam to a side rail, including: a hollow box structure including front and rear portions, the front portion including or adapted to be coupled to a bracket assembly adapted to be coupled to the bumper beam, the rear portion adapted to be disposed within the side rail and defining a plurality of lateral holes; and one or more internal sleeves disposed within the box structure and defining a plurality of lateral channels aligned with the plurality of lateral holes of the box structure; the plurality of lateral holes of the box structure and the plurality of lateral channels of the one or more internal sleeves adapted to be aligned with a plurality of holes defined by the side rail when the rear portion of the box structure is disposed within the side rail and collectively receive a plurality of bolts therethrough.