Mazda Motor Corporation

Akihiro Yukimori

Yoshikazu Nishimura

Keizo Kawasaki

Yuichi Sugimura

Masaki Motoki

Katsuyoshi Ishigame

Katsumi Ejima

Kohei Kirita

Yukari Fujii

A reinforcing member is provided at a lower-outside corner of a side-sill reinforcement so as to extend in the vehicle longitudinal direction including a connection portion of the side sill to a center pillar for straining deformation of the corner. A deformation promoting portion which is provided at an upper portion of the side-sill reinforcement at a specified position which corresponds to the connection portion for prompting deformation of the upper portion of the side-sill reinforcement. Accordingly, a lower vehicle-body structure of a vehicle which can properly restrain the side sill and the center pillar from coming toward the vehicle inside at the vehicle side crash can be provided.

Lower vehicle-body structure of vehicle

Growing community of inventors

Hiroshima, Japan

Akihiro Yukimori