Granted Patent B2

US 12,240,529 · App. 17/939,965 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Inventors: Takuma Inami (Hiroshima, JP); Nobuyuki Nakayama (Hiroshima, JP); Hiroyuki Baba (Hiroshima, JP); Hiroaki Fujii (Hiroshima, JP)

Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION

B62D25/20B60K1/00B62D25/082B62D25/2009B62D25/2018B62D25/2027B62D25/2045B62D21/04B62D21/11B62D21/152B62D25/14

Abstract

Claims (30)

1. A vehicle-body structure provided in an automobile, the vehicle-body structure comprising:

a floor panel constituting a floor of an occupant space including a seat on which a passenger is to sit;

a dash panel extending upward from a front portion of the floor panel and partitioning a vehicle front portion of the occupant space;

a left-side suspension support member supporting a front suspension on a vehicle front side of the dash panel and on a vehicle left side;

a right-side suspension support member supporting a front suspension on the vehicle front side of the dash panel and on a vehicle right side;

a center frame disposed 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;

a left-side front frame connected to a front portion of the center frame, extending to the left-side suspension support member, and fixed to the left-side suspension support member;

a right-side front frame connected to the front portion of the center frame, extending to the right-side suspension support member, and fixed to the right-side suspension support member; and

a connection member that connects the floor panel and at least one of a rear portion of the left-side front frame, a rear portion of the right-side front frame, and the front portion of the center frame.

2. The vehicle-body structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the rear portion of the left-side front frame includes a left-side connection portion for connection to the front portion of the center frame,

the rear portion of the right-side front frame includes a right-side connection portion for connection to the front portion of the center frame, and

the connection member includes a left-side connection member that connects the left-side connection portion and the floor panel, and a right-side connection member that connects the right-side connection portion and the floor panel.

3. The vehicle-body structure according to claim 2 , wherein the left-side connection portion and the right-side connection portion are fixed to the dash panel.

4. The vehicle-body structure according to claim 3 , wherein

a front side of the center frame bifurcates in a vehicle right-left direction and includes a left-side frame member and a right-side frame member,

the left-side frame member is connected to the left-side connection portion, and

the right-side frame member is connected to the right-side connection portion.

5. The vehicle-body structure according to claim 4 , wherein

the floor panel includes a cross member provided at a front portion and extending in a vehicle width direction, and

a lower portion of the connection member is fixed to the cross member.

6. The vehicle-body structure according to claim 3 , wherein

the floor panel includes a cross member provided at a front portion and extending in a vehicle width direction, and

a lower portion of the connection member is fixed to the cross member.

7. The vehicle-body structure according to claim 2 , wherein

the floor panel includes a cross member provided at a front portion and extending in a vehicle width direction, and

a lower portion of the connection member is fixed to the cross member.

8. The vehicle-body structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the floor panel includes a cross member provided at a front portion and extending in a vehicle width direction, and

a lower portion of the connection member is fixed to the cross member.

Priority Claims (7)

Continuity (3)

References Cited (42)