as to form a cowl front portion and the second frame is curved inwardly in the transverse direction of the vehicle body so as to form a dash cross portion and a front side frame which bifurcates into two bifurcated portions in a vicinity of a front side portion of the vehicle body the first and second frames are respectively joined to end portions of the bifurcated portions substantially even therewith an end portion of a lower bifurcated portion of the front side frame is joined without offset to the dash cross portion an end portion of an upper bifurcated portion of the front side frame is joined without offset to the cowl front portion consequently load inputted to the front frame can be received by the side sill via the first and second frames the load can thereby be efficiently transferred to the side sill application_number US 85487092 A description an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig1 3 the arrows shown in the figures designate respective directions the fr arrow designates a front side in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle body the in arrow designates an inner side in a transverse direction of the vehicle body and the up arrow designates an upper side in a vertical direction of the vehicle body as shown in fig1 a side sill 10 is disposed along the lengthwise direction of the vehicle body at the outer edge portion in the transverse direction of the vehicle at the lower portion.