1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a connecting structure of a fender apron, and more particularly, to a connecting structure for a fender apron that can disperse an impact load when a vehicle collides.
2. Description of Related Art
When a vehicle collides head-on, a front side member of the vehicle serves to absorb an impact.
However, according to an investigation, accidents in which the vehicle collides off the front side member occupy 25% of actual accidents in a collision accident.
In the accidents in which the vehicle collides off the front side member, a fender apron serves to transfer an impact load.
A general collision load transferring component is constituted by three units of an under body unit, for example, a front apron member, a side body unit, for example, an A-pillar upper reinforcement unit and a door hinge reinforcement unit, and a cowl unit, for example, a cowl side member.
However, in the case of coupling of the respective units, respective connection sections are not continuous, and thus coupling force is weak, and the respective units are connected to each other by a flange, and as a result, a process for connection needs to be added and a deformation possibility by impact load transferring is high.
The information disclosed in this Background of the Invention section is only for enhancement of understanding of the general background of the invention and should not be taken as an acknowledgement or any form of suggestion that this information forms the prior art already known to a person skilled in the art.