US 12,233,946 B2
Vehicle-body structure including a cross member at a rear portion of the floor panel
Takuma Inami, Hiroshima (JP); Nobuyuki Nakayama, Hiroshima (JP); Hiroyuki Baba, Hiroshima (JP); Takashi Hirakawa, Hiroshima (JP); Hideaki Hoshuyama, Hiroshima (JP); and Tsuneki Shimanaka, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/903,197.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/403,804, filed on Sep. 5, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-161834 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2021; application No. 2021-183258 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2021; application No. 2021-183259 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2021; application No. 2021-183261 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2021; application No. 2021-183318 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2021; application No. 2021-183326 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2021; and application No. 2021-183330 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182827 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 21/04 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/2027 (2013.01) [B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B62D 25/2009 (2013.01); B62D 25/2018 (2013.01); B62D 25/2045 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B62D 21/04 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 25/082 (2013.01); B62D 25/14 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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 cross member at a rear portion of the floor panel and extending in a vehicle-width-direction;
a center frame disposed to be 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 connecting member connecting the cross member and a rear portion of the center frame; and
a traveling motor that drives rear wheels of the automobile, wherein
the traveling motor is disposed on a vehicle rear side of the rear portion of the center frame, and
at least part of the rear portion of the center frame is positioned lower than an upper end of the traveling motor and higher than a lower end of the traveling motor in a vehicle side view.