Mazda Motor Corporation

Masanori Kodaira

Yuzou Sato

Tomohiro Hori

Isao Hirashima

Tadashi Ioka

Tomoo Taguchi

Kouji Kishino

Jun Takemura

Teruhisa Yamamoto

Akira Fushimi

Yoshinori Takashi

Kouji Noma

Takashi Yoshiyuki

Kou Niida

Masayuki Nakaso

Takahiro Miura

Ken Tamitani

Hirokuni Nagamitsu

In a vehicle which comprises an electric motor to drive front wheels and/or rear wheels of the vehicle, a battery to supply an electric power to the electric motor, a dash panel partitioning a vehicle-inside space from a vehicle-front side space located in front of the vehicle-inside space, a floor panel partitioning the vehicle-inside space from a vehicle outside located below the vehicle-inside space, and a tunnel portion provided at the floor panel so as to project upwardly toward an inside of the vehicle-inside space, the battery is arranged so that a front-side part thereof is positioned in front of the dash panel and a rear-side part thereof is positioned inside of the tunnel portion in the vehicle longitudinal direction. Accordingly, an appropriate weight balance of the vehicle between front wheels and rear wheels of the vehicle can be provided.

Battery arrangement structure of vehicle

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

A tonneau cover device comprises a tonneau cover and guide rails. A front end of the tonneau cover is pivotally supported at the vehicle. The tonneau cover comprises plural board members provided in a longitudinal direction and jointly connected to each other. The board member is supported by the guide rails to move vertically. A change of a longitudinal distance between a support pin portion of the board member at the guide rail and a pivot axis portion of the board member when the board member moves upward along the guide rails is absorbed by the joint connections of the tonneau cover. Accordingly, the tonneau cover can be opened widely and the tonneau cover can allow even large baggage to be carried in or out of the baggage compartment smoothly.

Tonneau cover device

Disclosed is a vehicle rear structure, which is designed such that a pull bar () provided at a rear end of a tonneau cover () is slidingly displaced along a pair of right and left guide rails (). The right and left guide rails () are positioned parallel to each other in a rear view of the vehicle. Each of the guide rails () has an upper portion located at a position overlapping a corresponding one of a pair of right and left rear pillars () in the rear view of the vehicle and in front of the rear pillar () in a side view of the vehicle, and a lower portion located at a position overlapping the rear pillar () in the side view of the vehicle and on the inner side of the rear pillar () in the rear view of the vehicle. The vehicle rear structure of the present invention makes it possible to allow the rear end of the tonneau cover to be displaced upwardly and downwardly along the right and left guide rails in a simplified structure without disadvantages, such as deterioration in rearward visibility, due to decrease in distance between the right and left guide rails.

Vehicle rear structure

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Hiroshima, Japan

Masanori Kodaira