Mazda Motor Corporation

Kouji Kishino

Isao Hirashima

Iwao Koizumi

Masayoshi Sannomiya

Tadashi Ioka

Takashi Mizuma

Masanori Kodaira

Tsuneaki Zenitani

Teruhisa Yamamoto

Jun Takemura

Kenji Nonaka

Hiroaki Enomoto

Akira Fushimi

Yoshinori Takashi

Takashi Yoshiyuki

Kouji Noma

Masayuki Nakaso

Takahiro Miura

Ken Tamitani

Hirokuni Nagamitsu

The present invention is a vehicle planning support system () for displaying vehicle models (, etc.) on a screen to support vehicle planning, and comprises specification value input screen display means () for displaying specification value input screens for inputting specification values including dimensions and angles in the vehicle model; 3D morphing screen display means () for displaying vehicle models as deformable three-dimensionally shaped 3D vehicle models based on specification values input on the specification value screen using the 3D morphing screen; 2D morphing screen display means () for displaying vehicle models as deformable two-dimensionally shaped 2D vehicle models based on specification values input on the specification value screen using the 2D morphing screen.

Vehicle planning support system

Disclosed is a vehicle body structure which has a sub-window plate and a front fender each disposed at the rear of a headlamp lens on a sidewall of a vehicle body. In the vehicle body structure, a longitudinally-extending concave portionis defined between the front fenderand a combination of a front pillarand a hood. The concave portionhas at least a frontward region partly receiving therein a headlamp lensand a rearward region receiving therein the sub-window plateat the rear of the headlamp lens, whereby a plurality of components including at least the headlamp lensand the sub-window plateare received in the concave portionto form a belt-line surface module F which continuously covers the concave portionto define a transparent or semi-transparent exterior surface on the sidewall of the vehicle body. The vehicle body structure of the present invention makes it possible to further effectively utilize a sidewall surface of the vehicle body so as to desirably enhance a function of the sidewall surface as a whole.

Vehicle body structure

A seat belt system for a vehicle, for restraining an occupant in a seat disposed in a compartment of the vehicle. The vehicle comprises an opening formed on at least one side of the vehicular body, and a first door moving between a first state where the first door closes at least a part of the opening and a second state where the first door opens the opening. The seat belt system includes a belt webbing, a retractor disposed in the first door for retracting the proximal end of the belt webbing, and a sliding device fixed on a lower edge of the opening, to which the distal end of the belt webbing is attached. The sliding device permits the distal end of the belt webbing to slide along the lower edge of the opening between a forward position and a rearward position. The distal end of the belt webbing is located at the rearward position when the first door is in the second state.

Seat belt system for vehicles

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Hiroshima, Japan

Kouji Kishino