US 12,240,529 B2
Vehicle-body structure including suspension support members
Takuma Inami, Hiroshima (JP); Nobuyuki Nakayama, Hiroshima (JP); Hiroyuki Baba, Hiroshima (JP); and Hiroaki Fujii, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/939,965.
Application 17/939,965 is a continuation of application No. 17/903,197, filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
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 2023/0094517 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 21/04 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/20 (2013.01) [B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B62D 25/082 (2013.01); B62D 25/2009 (2013.01); B62D 25/2018 (2013.01); B62D 25/2027 (2013.01); B62D 25/2045 (2013.01); B62D 21/04 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 25/14 (2013.01)] 8 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 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.