US 12,304,568 B2
Vehicle-body structure including a center frame with a downward tilt
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. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/939,974.
Application 17/939,974 is a continuation of application No. 17/903,197, filed on Sep. 6, 2022, granted, now 12,233,946.
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 2023/0096066 A1, Mar. 30, 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 25/2009 (2013.01) [B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B62D 25/2018 (2013.01); B62D 25/2027 (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)] 16 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 sits;
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, wherein
the center frame is arranged at a downward tilt toward a vehicle rear side, and
a rear portion of the center frame is connected to the floor panel at a position rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction further than where the seat is attached to the floor panel; and
a kick-up portion connected to the rear portion of the center frame and the floor panel.