US 11,738,809 B2
Vehicle body structure
Isao Toda, Hiroshima (JP); Takayuki Kimura, Hiroshima (JP); Takehiro Kamei, Hiroshima (JP); Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiroshima (JP); Haruo Ohe, Hiroshima (JP); Masaya Hiramatsu, Hiroshima (JP); Masanobu Fukushima, Hiroshima (JP); Takao Fukuda, Hiroshima (JP); Hironobu Hashiguchi, Hiroshima (JP); and Hiroyuki Baba, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/649,007.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-057815 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315128 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60N 2/005 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/20 (2013.01) [B60N 2/005 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body structure having a floor panel on which a front seat having a slide mechanism is provided, comprising:
a front floor panel on which a heel of a pedal operator operating a pedal provided in the vehicle is placed;
a rear floor panel provided at a rear of the front floor panel at a position lower than the front floor panel; and
a connection panel extending from a rear portion of the front floor panel to a front portion of the rear floor panel, the connection panel being at least partially inclined or curved so as to be positioned downward toward a rear side,
at least a front portion of the connection panel being positioned at a front of a front portion of the front seat.