Mazda Motor Corporation

Makoto Ikegami

Yoshiaki Murakami

Yoshikazu Nishimura

Hayatsugu Harasaki

Noritaka Sakiyama

Chikara Ishihara

Ken Ueki

Yukiichirou Shimada

Tadashi Udo

Kota Matsue

Shinya Matsumoto

Masamitsu Tanaka

Noriyoshi Sahashi

An exhaust-gas purification device disposition structure of a vehicle, comprises a fuel tank with a fuel supply port which is disposed so as to be open to an outside of a vehicle compartment, and a urea tank to accommodate urea water solution as deoxidizer to purify exhaust gas. The urea tank is disposed outside the vehicle compartment, and a pouring port of the urea tank is provided inside the vehicle compartment. Accordingly, the urea water solution can be surely prevented from entering into the vehicle compartment even in case of the breakage of the urea tank, and the mistake of supplying the wrong liquid into the wrong supply (pouring) port tank which may be made by confusing the ports can be avoided.

Exhaust-gas purification device disposition structure of vehicle

A front body construction of a vehicle includes a lengthwise front side frame welded to the lower periphery of each of left and right wheel houses in the form of a substantially quatered spherical segment. Inner and outer extension frames different in length extend from the front side frame and are laterally spaced apart from each other. To the outer extension frame an apron frame welded to an outer edge of the wheel house is welded at its lower end. A frontal impact force is received by the inner and outer extension frames, specifically by the longer one at first and, then, by the shorter one when a buckling or crushing is caused in the longer one due to frontal impact force.

Front body construction

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Hirsohima, Japan

Makoto Ikegami