Mazda Motor Corporation

Shigeyuki Mori

Isao Toda

Fumio Okana

Noritaka Sakiyama

Yukiichirou Shimada

Katsumasa Sogame

Isao Tohda

Kouji Iwasaka

Yukio Nakamura

Kenji Asada

Hidenobu Nakashima

Seiichi Ito

Satoru Hashimoto

Kazutoshi Ikenoya

There are provided right and left side-rearward cameras, an inside camera to detect a driver's eyeball position, main HUDs comprising projectors to form virtual images by projecting image information picked up by the cameras to reflecting mirrors and drive portions to adjust positions of the virtual images, and a ECU to control the projectors and the drive portions. The controller is configured to perform the process of calculating a distance between the eyeball position and a normal virtual-image display position which is located at a front end and an end portion, in a vehicle width direction, of a bonnet, and controlling the main HUDs such that a normal main view vis displayed at the normal virtual-image display position.

Display apparatus for vehicle

A roof is split into plural parts, a front roof and a rear roof. A roof-storage space is formed between a passenger's seat and a rear bulkhead which forms a rear end of a vehicle compartment, in which the roof is stored when the roof is open. There is provided a support mechanism which substantially horizontally supports the roof which is stored in the roof-storage space so that an upper space of the roof-storage space between the passenger's seat and the bulkhead is covered with only one of the plural parts of the roof.

Roof opening structure for vehicle

There are provided plural suspension links, one end of each of which is coupled to a wheel and the other end of each of which is coupled to a vehicle body. The suspension links are disposed so as to extend substantially in a vehicle width direction. A drive motor is disposed so as to be offset from a center of a wheel on a side that is away from disposition location of the suspension links. The drive motor and the wheel are coupled by a drive-force transmitting mechanism so that a drive force can be transmitted. Accordingly, there can be provided the disposition structure of a drive device for a vehicle that can provide both the drive motors and the suspension links without any improper interference, ensuring proper controlling of the wheel positions.

Disposition structure of drive device for vehicle

An arrangement structure for an auxiliary component of a vehicle includes a floor panel defining the bottom surface of the passenger compartment. The floor panel includes a first kick-up portion and a second kick-up portion disposed in side-by-side relation to the first kick-up portion in a lateral direction of a vehicle body. The second kick-up portion is formed to have a height greater than that of the first kick-up portion. A first seat is disposed on the first kick-up portion, a second seat is formed to have a smaller size than that of the first seat and disposed on the second kick-up portion, and a cross member is joined along the second kick-up portion in the lateral direction to form a closed section therebetween. The arrangement structure of the present invention allows a vehicle to have a low overall-height compact body while achieving enhanced layout flexibility and assuring a passenger compartment space.

Arrangement structure for auxiliary component of vehicle

Disclosed is an automobile underbody structure, wherein a pair of laterally-spaced floor framesare disposed to extend longitudinally in such a manner as to interpose a tunnel regionof a front floor portiontherebetween and joined to a bottom surface of the front floor portion, and a cross memberis disposed to extend laterally so as to connect each side-silland the tunnel regionand joined to a top surface of the front floor portion. Each of the floor framesis gradually inclined laterally inward toward the rear end thereof so as to be obliquely disposed relative to the cross memberin top plan view. A rearward displacement of the floor framesduring a head-on collision exerts a compressive force on a region of the cross memberlocated on the laterally outward side relative to each of the floor frames, and a tensile force on a region of the cross memberlocated on the laterally inward side relative to each of the floor frames. The automobile underbody structure of the present invention makes it possible to effectively receive a shock during a head-on collision by the cross member.

Automobile underbody structure

Disclosed is an underbody structure for an automobile, which comprises a pair of laterally-spaced floor framesdisposed to extend longitudinally in such a manner as to interpose a tunnel regiontherebetween and joined to a bottom surface of a front floor portion. Each of the floor frameshas a rear end located in the vicinity of a rear kick-up portionextending upward from a rear end of the front floor portion. The rear kick-up portionand each rear end region of the floor framesare connected to one another from the exterior side of the automobile through an end gusset(). The end gusset() may be designed to define a closed section in cooperation with the rear kick-up portion, or to extend laterally outward so as to be connected to a front end region of a rear frame. The underbody structure of the present invention can prevent or suppress a rearward movement of each rear end of the floor frames during a head-on collision.

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Fuchu-cho, Japan

Shigeyuki Mori