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US 12,428,068 · App. 18/125,130 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Vehicle-body lower structure of vehicle

Inventors: Ippei Kuroda (Hiroshima, JP); Masaya Nishimoto (Hiroshima, JP); Shota Nakayama (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
B62D25/025B62D21/15
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Patent No.
US 12,428,068
App. No.
18/125,130
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A side sill that is disposed in a lower part and on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle and has a side sill inner and a side sill outer which collaborate with each other to form a closed cross section extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a wheel that is located ahead of the side sill outer; an outer-side reinforcement member that has a shape extending along a front face part and a side face part in a front end part of the side sill outer and is joined to the front end part from inside the closed cross section; and an inner-side reinforcement member that diagonally couples a front face part and a side face part in a front end part of the side sill inner to each other.

Claims (19)

1. A vehicle-body lower structure of a vehicle comprising:

a side sill that is disposed in a lower part and on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle and has a side sill inner structure located on an inner side in the vehicle width direction and a side sill outer structure located on the outer side in the vehicle width direction, the side sill inner structure and the side sill outer structure collaborating with each other to form a closed cross section that extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle;

a wheel that is located ahead of the side sill outer structure in the front-rear direction of the vehicle;

an outer-side reinforcement structure that has a shape extending along a front face part and a side face part in a front end part of the side sill outer structure and is joined to the front end part from the closed cross section side; and

an inner-side reinforcement structure that diagonally couples a front face part and a side face part in a front end part of the side sill inner structure to each other.

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

an inner vertical ridge line that extends in a vertical direction is formed in a boundary part between the front face part and the side face part of the front end part of the side sill inner structure, and

a portion of the inner-side reinforcement structure that straddles the inner vertical ridge line in a direction in which the inner-side reinforcement structure extends is provided so as to be located away from the inner vertical ridge line toward the inner side of the closed cross section.

3. The vehicle-body lower structure of a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the portion of the inner-side reinforcement structure that straddles the inner vertical ridge line in the direction in which the inner-side reinforcement structure extends has a bead that protrudes to the inner side or the outer side of the closed cross section.

4. The vehicle-body lower structure of a vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the bead extends continuously at least over the portion of the inner-side reinforcement structure that straddles the inner vertical ridge line in the direction in which the inner-side reinforcement structure extends.

5. The vehicle-body lower structure of a vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the outer-side reinforcement structure has a protrusion part, which protrudes inward in the closed cross section, at a same height position as the bead of the inner-side reinforcement structure and at a position coinciding with the bead in the front-rear direction.

6. The vehicle-body lower structure of a vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the inner-side reinforcement structure is formed to have higher strength than the outer-side reinforcement structure.

7. The vehicle-body lower structure of a vehicle according to claim 6 , further comprising

an inner lateral ridge line reinforcement structure that reinforces an inner lateral ridge line extending in the front-rear direction along a boundary part between an upper face part and the side face part of the side sill inner, wherein

the inner lateral ridge line reinforcement structure extends in the front-rear direction along the inner lateral ridge line and is provided at a position overlapping with the inner-side reinforcement structure in the front-rear direction.

8. The vehicle-body lower structure of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the inner-side reinforcement structure is formed to have higher strength than the outer-side reinforcement structure.

9. The vehicle-body lower structure of a vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising

an inner lateral ridge line reinforcement structure that reinforces an inner lateral ridge line extending in the front-rear direction along a boundary part between an upper face part and the side face part of the side sill inner, wherein

the inner lateral ridge line reinforcement structure extends in the front-rear direction along the inner lateral ridge line and is provided at a position overlapping with the inner-side reinforcement structure in the front-rear direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2023
From: KURODA, IPPEI; NISHIMOTO, MASAYA; NAKAYAMA, SHOTA
To: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063071/0089 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-083945 · May 23, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230399054A1 · Dec 14, 2023
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