Mazda Motor Corporation

Kazutaka Hirose

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Yutaka Shimazu

A vehicle body having a passenger compartment and a package compartment rearward of the passenger compartment. The passenger compartment has a rear end which is inclined rearwardly and downwardly. A rear window section is swingably mounted at its upper edge to the vehicle body to cover the rearwardly inclined rear end of the passenger compartment. A trunk lid section is swingably attached to the lower edge of the rear window section to cover the upper portion of the package compartment. Dampers are arranged between the body and the rear window section and the trunk lid section, respectively, to cause pivotal motion of the opened trunk lid section as the rear window section is opened.

Back door structures for motor vehicles

An adjustable seat assembly which comprises a seat bottom and a seat back, a reclining mechanism for connecting the seat back to the seat bottom for the adjustment of the tilt of the seat back relative to the seat bottom, a slide mechanism for mounting the seat bottom on a support surface for the adjustment of the position of the seat in a direction along the support surface, and a multifunctional handle supported for movement in at least first and second directions for controlling the reclining and slide mechanisms, respectively. Where the seat assembly further comprises a seat lifting mechanism for the adjustment of the height of the seat above the support surface, the handle may be rendered movable also in a third direction, in which case the first and second are opposite to each other and the third direction is perpendicular to any one of the first and second directions.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Kazutaka Hirose