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US 12,384,467 · App. 18/108,662 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Vehicle-body front structure including a reinforcement structure and a floor reinforcement

Inventors: Yoshikazu Nishimura (Hiroshima, JP); Yasuaki Setoh (Hiroshima, JP); Taiki Yotsuyanagi (Hiroshima, JP); Yoshihiro Miyamoto (Hiroshima, JP); Akiko Kawamoto (Hiroshima, JP); Satoshi Nakamura (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
B62D25/085B60K1/00B60K1/04B60N2/015B62D25/081B62D25/082B62D25/14B62D25/2018B60K2001/0438B60L50/60B62D25/16B62D25/2036
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Patent No.
US 12,384,467
App. No.
18/108,662
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle-body front structure includes a partition wall portion which demarcates a space inside a vehicle cabin, a motor arrangement portion which is formed by causing a part of the partition wall portion to bulge to an inside of the vehicle cabin and in which at least a part of a traveling motor is capable of being arranged, a reinforcement member which is inclined to be positioned lower toward vehicle rear, and a floor reinforcement which extends in a vehicle front-rear direction. A closed cross-section is configured with the motor arrangement portion, the reinforcement member, and the floor reinforcement.

Claims (25)

1. A vehicle-body front structure for an electric vehicle in which a traveling motor is installed in a vehicle front portion, the vehicle-body front structure comprising:

a partition wall portion which extends in a vehicle width direction in the vehicle front portion and demarcates a vehicle cabin inside space from a power chamber;

a motor arrangement portion formed by a part of the partition wall portion that bulges toward the vehicle cabin inside space, and at least a part of the traveling motor installed on outside of the vehicle cabin inside space is capable of being arranged in the motor arrangement portion;

a reinforcement structure which extends from an upper portion of the motor arrangement portion towards a vehicle rear wherein the reinforcement structure is inclined so that a rear portion of the reinforcement structure is positioned lower in an up-down direction of the vehicle toward the vehicle rear; and

a floor reinforcement which extends in a vehicle front-rear direction below the reinforcement structure and along a floor panel, wherein

a first closed cross-section shape is formed by coupling together the motor arrangement portion, the reinforcement structure, and the floor reinforcement in order to enhance rigidity of the motor arrangement portion.

2. The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 1 , wherein a connecting structure, which couples together a front portion of the reinforcement structure and a front portion of the floor reinforcement in the up-down direction of the vehicle, is provided in the vehicle rear of the motor arrangement portion.

3. The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 2 , wherein a second closed cross-section shape is formed by coupling the connecting structure and the motor arrangement portion.

4. A vehicle-body front structure according to claim 3 , comprising

a cross structure which is fixed to the floor panel on a vehicle rear side of the motor arrangement portion and extends in the vehicle width direction, wherein

a rear portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with an intermediate portion of the cross structure in the vehicle width direction.

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

a front portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with a lower portion of the motor arrangement portion.

6. The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 1 , comprising

a cross structure which is fixed to the floor panel on a vehicle rear side of the motor arrangement portion and extends in the vehicle width direction, wherein

a rear portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with an intermediate portion of the cross structure in the vehicle width direction.

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

a front portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with a lower portion of the motor arrangement portion.

8. The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 2 , comprising

a cross structure which is fixed to the floor panel on a vehicle rear side of the motor arrangement portion and extends in the vehicle width direction, wherein

a rear portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with an intermediate portion of the cross structure in the vehicle width direction.

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

a front portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with a lower portion of the motor arrangement portion.

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

a front portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with a lower portion of the motor arrangement portion.

Priority Claims (5)
JP 2022-026759 · Feb 24, 2022 · national
JP 2022-026760 · Feb 24, 2022 · national
JP 2022-026762 · Feb 24, 2022 · national
JP 2022-026764 · Feb 24, 2022 · national
JP 2022-026766 · Feb 24, 2022 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18108017 · Feb 10, 2023
Provisional Application 63444377 · Feb 9, 2023
Related Publication 20230264757A1 · Aug 24, 2023
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