US 12,496,869 B2
Vehicle-body structure with air conditioner
Takuma Inami, Hiroshima (JP); Nobuyuki Nakayama, Hiroshima (JP); Hiroyuki Baba, Hiroshima (JP); and Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/940,027.
Application 17/940,027 is a continuation of application No. 17/938,942, filed on Sep. 7, 2022, granted, now 12,415,575.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/403,800, filed on Sep. 5, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-161834 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2021; application No. 2021-183253 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2021; application No. 2021-183255 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2021; application No. 2021-183319 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2021; and application No. 2021-183336 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100068 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/24 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/2045 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00392 (2013.01); B60H 1/00564 (2013.01); B60H 1/00571 (2013.01); B60H 1/246 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B62D 25/2018 (2013.01); B60K 2001/006 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle-body structure of 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 from a front side of an occupant space to a rear side of the occupant space in a vehicle front-rear direction; and
an air-conditioner for sending air-conditioned air to the occupant space, wherein
the air-conditioner includes an air distribution structure that is positioned higher than a front portion of the center frame and distributes generated air-conditioned air to each portion of the occupant space, and an under-feet duct that guides, to a lower side, air-conditioned air sent from the air distribution structure,
the under-feet duct extends downward from an upper side of the center frame through a vehicle-width-direction outer side of the center frame,
the front portion of the center frame is constituted by a left-side frame structure and a right-side frame structure that are provided at an interval in a vehicle width direction,
the under-feet duct includes a left-side under-feet duct extending downward from an upper side of the left-side frame structure through a vehicle-width-direction outer side of the left-side frame structure, and a right-side under-feet duct extending downward from an upper side of the right-side frame structure through a vehicle-width-direction outer side of the right-side frame structure,
wherein the center frame includes a front-side frame structure extending in the front-rear direction, a rear-side frame structure disposed on the vehicle rear side of the front-side frame structure and extending toward the rear side, and a connection structure connecting a rear portion of the front-side frame structure and a front portion of the rear-side frame structure, and
wherein the front-side frame structure is tilted at a first tilt angle relative to a horizontal plane and extends straight, and the rear-side frame structure is tilted at a second tilt angle smaller than the first tilt angle relative to the horizontal plane and extends straight.